Quran 4:176 — An-Nisaa, verse 176
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They ask you [Prophet] for a ruling. Say, ‘God gives you a ruling about inheritance from someone who dies childless with no surviving parents. If a man leaves a sister, she is entitled to half of the inheritance; if she has no child her brother is her sole heir; if there are two sisters, they are entitled to two-thirds of the inheritance between them, but if there are surviving brothers and sisters, the male is entitled to twice the share of the female. God makes this clear to you so that you do not make mistakes: He has full knowledge of everything.’
يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ ۚ إِنِ امْرُؤٌ هَلَكَ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَهُ أُخْتٌ فَلَهَا نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ ۚ وَهُوَ يَرِثُهَا إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا وَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِنْ كَانَتَا اثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُمَا الثُّلُثَانِ مِمَّا تَرَكَ ۚ وَإِنْ كَانُوا إِخْوَةً رِجَالًا وَنِسَاءً فَلِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ ۗ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَضِلُّوا ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
yastaftūnaka quli l-lahu yuf'tīkum fī l-kalālati ini im'ru-on halaka laysa lahu waladun walahu ukh'tun falahā niṣ'fu mā taraka wahuwa yarithuhā in lam yakun lahā waladun fa-in kānatā ith'natayni falahumā l-thuluthāni mimmā taraka wa-in kānū ikh'watan rijālan wanisāan falildhakari mith'lu ḥaẓẓi l-unthayayni yubayyinu l-lahu lakum an taḍillū wal-lahu bikulli shayin ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They will ask thee for a pronouncement. Say: 'God pronounces to you concerning the indirect heirs. If a man perishes having no children, but he has a sister, she shall receive a half of what he leaves, and he is her heir if she has no children. If there be two sisters, they shall receive two-thirds of what he leaves; if there be brothers and sisters, the male shall receive the portion of two females. God makes clear to you, lest you go astray; God has knowledge of everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- THEY WILL ASK thee to enlighten them. Say: "God enlightens you [thus] about the laws concerning [inheritance from] those who leave no heir in the direct line: If a man dies childless and has a sister, she shall inherit one-half of what he has left, just as he shall inherit from her if she dies childless. But if there are two sisters, both [together] shall have two-thirds of what he has left; and if there are brothers and sisters, then the male shall have the equal of two females' share." God makes [all this] clear unto you, lest you go astray; and God knows everything.
- Sahih International
- They request from you a [legal] ruling. Say, "Allāh gives you a ruling concerning one having neither descendants nor ascendants [as heirs]." If a man dies, leaving no child but [only] a sister, she will have half of what he left. And he inherits from her if she [dies and] has no child. But if there are two sisters [or more], they will have two thirds of what he left. If there are both brothers and sisters, the male will have the share of two females. Allāh makes clear to you [His law], lest you go astray. And Allāh is Knowing of all things.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَسْتَفْتُونَكَyastaftūnaka | They seek your ruling | فتي |
| 2 | قُلِquli | Say | قول |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 4 | يُفْتِيكُمْyuf'tīkum | gives you a ruling | فتي |
| 5 | فِىfī | concerning | — |
| 6 | ٱلْكَلَـٰلَةِ ۚl-kalālati | the Kalala | كلل |
| 7 | إِنِini | if | — |
| 8 | ٱمْرُؤٌا۟im'ru-on | a man | مرأ |
| 9 | هَلَكَhalaka | died | هلك |
| 10 | لَيْسَlaysa | (and) not | ليس |
| 11 | لَهُۥlahu | he has | — |
| 12 | وَلَدٌۭwaladun | a child | ولد |
| 13 | وَلَهُۥٓwalahu | and he has | — |
| 14 | أُخْتٌۭukh'tun | a sister | أخو |
| 15 | فَلَهَاfalahā | then for her | — |
| 16 | نِصْفُniṣ'fu | (is) a half | نصف |
| 17 | مَاmā | (of) what | — |
| 18 | تَرَكَ ۚtaraka | he left | ترك |
| 19 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And he | — |
| 20 | يَرِثُهَآyarithuhā | will inherit from her | ورث |
| 21 | إِنin | if | — |
| 22 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 23 | يَكُنyakun | is | كون |
| 24 | لَّهَاlahā | for her | — |
| 25 | وَلَدٌۭ ۚwaladun | a child | ولد |
| 26 | فَإِنfa-in | But if | — |
| 27 | كَانَتَاkānatā | there were | كون |
| 28 | ٱثْنَتَيْنِith'natayni | two females | ثني |
| 29 | فَلَهُمَاfalahumā | then for them | — |
| 30 | ٱلثُّلُثَانِl-thuluthāni | two thirds | ثلث |
| 31 | مِمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 32 | تَرَكَ ۚtaraka | he left | ترك |
| 33 | وَإِنwa-in | But if | — |
| 34 | كَانُوٓا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 35 | إِخْوَةًۭikh'watan | brothers and sisters | أخو |
| 36 | رِّجَالًۭاrijālan | men | رجل |
| 37 | وَنِسَآءًۭwanisāan | and women | نسو |
| 38 | فَلِلذَّكَرِfalildhakari | then the male will have | ذكر |
| 39 | مِثْلُmith'lu | like | مثل |
| 40 | حَظِّḥaẓẓi | share | حظظ |
| 41 | ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۗl-unthayayni | (of) the two females | أنث |
| 42 | يُبَيِّنُyubayyinu | makes clear | بين |
| 43 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 44 | لَكُمْlakum | to you | — |
| 45 | أَنan | lest | — |
| 46 | تَضِلُّوا۟ ۗtaḍillū | you go astray | ضلل |
| 47 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 48 | بِكُلِّbikulli | of every | كلل |
| 49 | شَىْءٍshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 50 | عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |