The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء

Al Nisā’ (The Women)

ٱلنِّسَاء

4:11
4:11

yūṣīkumu llāhu ʾawlādikum li-dh-dhakari mithlu ḥaẓẓi l-ʾunthayayni fa-ʾin kunna nisāʾan fawqa thnatayni fa-lahunna thuluthā taraka wa-ʾin kānat wāḥidatan fa-lahā n-niṣfu wa-li-ʾabawayhi li-kulli wāḥidin minhumā s-sudusu mimmā taraka ʾin kāna lahū waladun fa-ʾin lam yakun lahū waladun wa-warithahū ʾabawāhu fa-li-ʾummihi th-thuluthu fa-ʾin kāna lahū ʾikhwatun fa-li-ʾummihi s-sudusu min baʿdi waṣiyyatin yūṣī bihā ʾaw daynin ʾābāʾukum wa-ʾabnāʾukum tadrūna ʾayyuhum ʾaqrabu lakum nafʿan farīḍatan mina llāhi ʾinna llāha kāna ʿalīman ḥakīman

Allah enjoins you concerning your children: for the male shall be the like of the share of two females, and if there be [two or] more than two females, then for them shall be two-thirds of what he leaves; but if she be alone, then for her shall be a half; and for each of his parents a sixth of what he leaves, if he has children; but if he has no children, and his parents are his [sole] heirs, then it shall be a third for his mother; but if he has brothers, then a sixth for his mother, after [paying off] any bequest he may have made or any debt [he may have incurred]. Your parents and your children—you do not know which of them is likelier to be beneficial for you. This is an ordinance from Allah. Indeed Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

Ali Quli Qarai