The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
Page #79
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
For you shall be a half of what your wives leave, if they have no children; but if they have children, then for you shall be a fourth of what they leave, after [paying off] any bequest they may have made or any debt [they may have incurred]. And for them [it shall be] a fourth of what you leave, if you have no children; but if you have children, then for them shall be an eighth of what you leave, after [paying off] any bequest you may have made or any debt [you may have incurred]. If a man or woman is inherited by siblings and has a brother or a sister, then each of them shall receive a sixth; but if they are more than that, then they shall share in one third, after [paying off] any bequest he may have made or any debt [he may have incurred] without prejudice. [This is] an enjoinment from Allah, and Allah is all-knowing, all-forbearing.
— Ali Quli Qarai
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 Allah; and Allah is All-knowing, Most Forbearing.
