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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 12

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ولكم نصف ما ترك ازواجكم ان لم يكن لهن ولد فان كان لهن ولد فلكم الربع مما تركن من بعد وصية يوصين بها او دين ولهن الربع مما تركتم ان لم يكن لكم ولد فان كان لكم ولد فلهن الثمن مما تركتم من بعد وصية توصون بها او دين وان كان رجل يورث كلالة او امراة وله اخ او اخت فلكل واحد منهما السدس فان كانوا اكثر من ذلك فهم شركاء في الثلث من بعد وصية يوصى بها او دين غير مضار وصية من الله والله عليم حليم

In what your wives leave, Your share is a half, If they leave no child; But if they leave a child, Ye get a fourth; after payment Of legacies and debts. In what ye leave, Their share is a fourth, If ye leave no child; But if ye leave a child, They get an eighth; after payment Of legacies and debts. If the man or woman Whose inheritance is in question, Has left neither ascendants nor descendants, But has left a brother Or a sister, each one of the two Gets a sixth; but if more Than two, they share in a third; After payment of legacies And debts; so that no loss Is caused (to any one). Thus is it ordained by God; And God is All-knowing, Most Forbearing.

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  • Verse 12 of 176
  • Juz 4
  • Page 79

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَلَكُمْAnd for youwalakum
  2. نِصْفُ(is) halfniṣ'fu
  3. مَا(of) whatmā
  4. تَرَكَ(is) lefttaraka
  5. أَزْوَٰجُكُمْby your wivesazwājukum
  6. إِنifin
  7. لَّمْnotlam
  8. يَكُنisyakun
  9. لَّهُنَّfor themlahunna
  10. وَلَدٌۭ ۚa childwaladun
  11. فَإِنBut iffa-in
  12. كَانَiskāna
  13. لَهُنَّfor themlahunna
  14. وَلَدٌۭa childwaladun
  15. فَلَكُمُthen for youfalakumu
  16. ٱلرُّبُعُ(is) the fourthl-rubuʿu
  17. مِمَّاof whatmimmā
  18. تَرَكْنَ ۚthey lefttarakna
  19. مِنۢfrommin
  20. بَعْدِafterbaʿdi
  21. وَصِيَّةٍۢany willwaṣiyyatin
  22. يُوصِينَthey have madeyūṣīna
  23. بِهَآ[for which]bihā
  24. أَوْoraw
  25. دَيْنٍۢ ۚany debtdaynin
  26. وَلَهُنَّAnd for themwalahunna
  27. ٱلرُّبُعُ(is) the fourthl-rubuʿu
  28. مِمَّاof whatmimmā
  29. تَرَكْتُمْyou lefttaraktum
  30. إِنifin
  31. لَّمْnotlam
  32. يَكُنisyakun
  33. لَّكُمْfor youlakum
  34. وَلَدٌۭ ۚa childwaladun
  35. فَإِنBut iffa-in
  36. كَانَiskāna
  37. لَكُمْfor youlakum
  38. وَلَدٌۭa childwaladun
  39. فَلَهُنَّthen for themfalahunna
  40. ٱلثُّمُنُ(is) the eighthl-thumunu
  41. مِمَّاof whatmimmā
  42. تَرَكْتُم ۚyou lefttaraktum
  43. مِّنۢfrommin
  44. بَعْدِafterbaʿdi
  45. وَصِيَّةٍۢany willwaṣiyyatin
  46. تُوصُونَyou have madetūṣūna
  47. بِهَآ[for which]bihā
  48. أَوْoraw
  49. دَيْنٍۢ ۗany debtdaynin
  50. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  51. كَانَ[is]kāna
  52. رَجُلٌۭa manrajulun
  53. يُورَثُ(whose wealth) is to be inheritedyūrathu
  54. كَلَـٰلَةً(has) no parent or childkalālatan
  55. أَوِorawi
  56. ٱمْرَأَةٌۭa womenim'ra-atun
  57. وَلَهُۥٓand for himwalahu
  58. أَخٌ(is) a brotherakhun
  59. أَوْoraw
  60. أُخْتٌۭa sisterukh'tun
  61. فَلِكُلِّthen for eachfalikulli
  62. وَٰحِدٍۢonewāḥidin
  63. مِّنْهُمَاof (the) twomin'humā
  64. ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚ(is) the sixthl-sudusu
  65. فَإِنBut iffa-in
  66. كَانُوٓا۟they arekānū
  67. أَكْثَرَmoreakthara
  68. مِنthanmin
  69. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  70. فَهُمْthen theyfahum
  71. شُرَكَآءُ(are) partnersshurakāu
  72. فِىinfī
  73. ٱلثُّلُثِ ۚthe thirdl-thuluthi
  74. مِنۢfrommin
  75. بَعْدِafterbaʿdi
  76. وَصِيَّةٍۢany willwaṣiyyatin
  77. يُوصَىٰwas madeyūṣā
  78. بِهَآ[for which]bihā
  79. أَوْoraw
  80. دَيْنٍany debtdaynin
  81. غَيْرَwithoutghayra
  82. مُضَآرٍّۢ ۚ(being) harmfulmuḍārrin
  83. وَصِيَّةًۭAn ordinancewaṣiyyatan
  84. مِّنَfrommina
  85. ٱللَّهِ ۗAllahl-lahi
  86. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  87. عَلِيمٌ(is) All-Knowingʿalīmun
  88. حَلِيمٌۭAll-Forbearingḥalīmun

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