The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
al-Nisā’ (Women)
ٱلنِّسَاء
4:12
وَلَكُمْ
نِصْفُ
مَا
تَرَكَ
أَزْوَاجُكُمْ
إِن
لَّمْ
يَكُن
لَّهُنَّ
وَلَدٌ
فَإِن
كَانَ
لَهُنَّ
وَلَدٌ
فَلَكُمُ
الرُّبُعُ
مِمَّا
تَرَكْنَ
مِن
بَعْدِ
وَصِيَّةٍ
يُوصِينَ
بِهَا
أَوْ
دَيْنٍ
وَلَهُنَّ
الرُّبُعُ
مِمَّا
تَرَكْتُمْ
إِن
لَّمْ
يَكُن
لَّكُمْ
وَلَدٌ
فَإِن
كَانَ
لَكُمْ
وَلَدٌ
فَلَهُنَّ
الثُّمُنُ
مِمَّا
تَرَكْتُم
مِّن
بَعْدِ
وَصِيَّةٍ
تُوصُونَ
بِهَا
أَوْ
دَيْنٍ
وَإِن
كَانَ
رَجُلٌ
يُورَثُ
كَلَالَةً
أَوِ
امْرَأَةٌ
وَلَهُ
أَخٌ
أَوْ
أُخْتٌ
فَلِكُلِّ
وَاحِدٍ
مِّنْهُمَا
السُّدُسُ
فَإِن
كَانُوا
أَكْثَرَ
مِن
ذَلِكَ
فَهُمْ
شُرَكَاءُ
فِي
الثُّلُثِ
مِن
بَعْدِ
وَصِيَّةٍ
يُوصَى
بِهَا
أَوْ
دَيْنٍ
غَيْرَ
مُضَارٍّ
وَصِيَّةً
مِّنَ
اللَّهِ
وَاللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ
حَلِيمٌ
wa-lakum niṣfu mā taraka ʾazwājukum ʾin lam yakun lahunna waladun fa-ʾin kāna lahunna waladun fa-lakumu r-rubuʿu mimmā tarakna min baʿdi waṣiyyatin yūṣīna bihā ʾaw daynin wa-lahunna r-rubuʿu mimmā taraktum ʾin lam yakun lakum waladun fa-ʾin kāna lakum waladun fa-lahunna th-thumunu mimmā taraktum min baʿdi waṣiyyatin tūṣūna bihā ʾaw daynin wa-ʾin kāna rajulun yūrathu kalālatan ʾawi mraʾatun wa-lahū ʾakhun ʾaw ʾukhtun fa-li-kulli wāḥidin minhumā s-sudusu fa-ʾin kānū ʾakthara min dhālika fa-hum shurakāʾu fī th-thuluthi min baʿdi waṣiyyatin yūṣā bihā ʾaw daynin ghayra muḍārrin waṣiyyatan mina llāhi wa-llāhu ʿalīmun ḥalīmun
If your wives die without any surviving children, you will inherit half of their legacy. If they have children, you will inherit one-fourth of their legacy after the debts and things bequeathed have been excluded from the legacy. After the payment of debts and things bequeathed have been excluded from the legacy, your wives will inherit one-fourth of your legacy if you have no surviving children. If you leave a child, they will inherit one eighth of your legacy. If the deceased, either male or female, has no surviving heirs such as parents or children but has a brother or a sister, the brother or sister will each inherit one-sixth of the legacy. If there are more than just a brother or a sister, they will share one-third of the legacy. This is after the payment of any debts and things bequeathed have been excluded from the legacy, so that no one will be caused to suffer any loss. It is a guide from God, the All-knowing and Forbearing.
