Quran 4:7 — An-Nisaa, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Men shall have a share in what their parents and closest relatives leave, and women shall have a share in what their parents and closest relatives leave, whether the legacy be small or large: this is ordained by God.
لِلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ وَلِلنِّسَاءِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنْهُ أَوْ كَثُرَ ۚ نَصِيبًا مَفْرُوضًا
lilrrijāli naṣībun mimmā taraka l-wālidāni wal-aqrabūna walilnnisāi naṣībun mimmā taraka l-wālidāni wal-aqrabūna mimmā qalla min'hu aw kathura naṣīban mafrūḍan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- To the men a share of what parents and kinsmen leave, and to the women a share of what parents and kinsmen leave, whether it be little or much, a share apportioned;
- Muhammad Asad
- MEN SHALL have a share in what parents and kinsfolk leave behind, and women shall have a share in what parents and kinsfolk leave behind, whether it be little or much - a share ordained [by God].
- Sahih International
- For men is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, and for women is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, be it little or much - an obligatory share.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِّلرِّجَالِlilrrijāli | For the men | رجل |
| 2 | نَصِيبٌۭnaṣībun | a portion | نصب |
| 3 | مِّمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 4 | تَرَكَtaraka | (is) left | ترك |
| 5 | ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِl-wālidāni | (by) the parents | ولد |
| 6 | وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَwal-aqrabūna | and the near relatives | قرب |
| 7 | وَلِلنِّسَآءِwalilnnisāi | and for the women | نسو |
| 8 | نَصِيبٌۭnaṣībun | a portion | نصب |
| 9 | مِّمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 10 | تَرَكَtaraka | (is) left | ترك |
| 11 | ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِl-wālidāni | (by) parents | ولد |
| 12 | وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَwal-aqrabūna | and the near relatives | قرب |
| 13 | مِمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 14 | قَلَّqalla | (is) little | قلل |
| 15 | مِنْهُmin'hu | of it | — |
| 16 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 17 | كَثُرَ ۚkathura | much | كثر |
| 18 | نَصِيبًۭاnaṣīban | a portion | نصب |
| 19 | مَّفْرُوضًۭاmafrūḍan | obligatory | فرض |