Quran 2:180 — Al-Baqara, verse 180
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
it is prescribed that he should make a proper bequest to parents and close relatives- a duty incumbent on those who are mindful of God.
كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ إِنْ تَرَكَ خَيْرًا الْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْأَقْرَبِينَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى الْمُتَّقِينَ
kutiba ʿalaykum idhā ḥaḍara aḥadakumu l-mawtu in taraka khayran l-waṣiyatu lil'wālidayni wal-aqrabīna bil-maʿrūfi ḥaqqan ʿalā l-mutaqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Prescribed for you, when any of you is visited by death, and he leaves behind some goods, is to make testament in favour of his parents and kinsmen honourably -- an obligation on the godfearing.
- Muhammad Asad
- IT IS ordained for you, when death approaches any of you and he is leaving behind much wealth, to make bequests in favour of his parents and [other] near of kin in accordance with what is fair: I this is binding on all who are conscious of God.
- Sahih International
- Prescribed for you when death approaches [any] one of you if he leaves wealth [is that he should make] a bequest for the parents and near relatives according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كُتِبَkutiba | Prescribed | كتب |
| 2 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | for you | — |
| 3 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 4 | حَضَرَḥaḍara | approaches | حضر |
| 5 | أَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumu | any of you | أحد |
| 6 | ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu | [the] death | موت |
| 7 | إِنin | if | — |
| 8 | تَرَكَtaraka | he leaves | ترك |
| 9 | خَيْرًاkhayran | good | خير |
| 10 | ٱلْوَصِيَّةُl-waṣiyatu | (making) the will | وصي |
| 11 | لِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِlil'wālidayni | for the parents | ولد |
| 12 | وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَwal-aqrabīna | and the near relatives | قرب |
| 13 | بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖbil-maʿrūfi | with due fairness | عرف |
| 14 | حَقًّاḥaqqan | a duty | حقق |
| 15 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 16 | ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīna | the righteous ones | وقي |