Quran 2:240 — Al-Baqara, verse 240
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If any of you die and leave widows, make a bequest for them: a year’s maintenance and no expulsion from their homes [for that time]. But if they leave of their own accord, you will not be blamed for what they may reasonably choose to do with themselves: God is almighty and wise.
وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا وَصِيَّةً لِأَزْوَاجِهِمْ مَتَاعًا إِلَى الْحَوْلِ غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ ۚ فَإِنْ خَرَجْنَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي مَا فَعَلْنَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِنَّ مِنْ مَعْرُوفٍ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
wa-alladhīna yutawaffawna minkum wayadharūna azwājan waṣiyyatan li-azwājihim matāʿan ilā l-ḥawli ghayra ikh'rājin fa-in kharajna falā junāḥa ʿalaykum fī mā faʿalna fī anfusihinna min maʿrūfin wal-lahu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those of you who die, leaving wives, let them make testament for their wives, provision for a year without expulsion; but if they go forth, there is no fault in you what they may do with themselves honourably; God is All-mighty, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND IF any of you die and leave wives behind, they bequeath thereby to their widows [the right to] one year's maintenance without their being obliged to leave [the dead husband's home]. If, however, they leave [of their own accord], there shall be no sin in whatever they may do with themselves in a lawful manner. And God is almighty, wise.
- Sahih International
- And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - for their wives is a bequest: maintenance for one year without turning [them] out. But if they leave [of their own accord], then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable way. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | يُتَوَفَّوْنَyutawaffawna | die | وفي |
| 3 | مِنكُمْminkum | among you | — |
| 4 | وَيَذَرُونَwayadharūna | and leave behind | وذر |
| 5 | أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājan | (their) wives | زوج |
| 6 | وَصِيَّةًۭwaṣiyyatan | (should make) a will | وصي |
| 7 | لِّأَزْوَٰجِهِمli-azwājihim | for their wives | زوج |
| 8 | مَّتَـٰعًاmatāʿan | provision | متع |
| 9 | إِلَىilā | for | — |
| 10 | ٱلْحَوْلِl-ḥawli | the year | حول |
| 11 | غَيْرَghayra | without | غير |
| 12 | إِخْرَاجٍۢ ۚikh'rājin | driving (them) out | خرج |
| 13 | فَإِنْfa-in | But if | — |
| 14 | خَرَجْنَkharajna | they leave | خرج |
| 15 | فَلَاfalā | then no | — |
| 16 | جُنَاحَjunāḥa | blame | جنح |
| 17 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 18 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 19 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 20 | فَعَلْنَfaʿalna | they do | فعل |
| 21 | فِىٓfī | concerning | — |
| 22 | أَنفُسِهِنَّanfusihinna | themselves | نفس |
| 23 | مِنmin | [of] | — |
| 24 | مَّعْرُوفٍۢ ۗmaʿrūfin | honorably | عرف |
| 25 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 26 | عَزِيزٌʿazīzun | (is) All-Mighty | عزز |
| 27 | حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmun | All-Wise | حكم |