Quran 4:8 — An-Nisaa, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If other relatives, orphans, or needy people are present at the distribution, give them something too, and speak kindly to them.
وَإِذَا حَضَرَ الْقِسْمَةَ أُولُو الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينُ فَارْزُقُوهُمْ مِنْهُ وَقُولُوا لَهُمْ قَوْلًا مَعْرُوفًا
wa-idhā ḥaḍara l-qis'mata ulū l-qur'bā wal-yatāmā wal-masākīnu fa-ur'zuqūhum min'hu waqūlū lahum qawlan maʿrūfan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and when the division is attended by kinsmen and orphans and the poor, make provision for them out of it, and speak to them honourable words.
- Muhammad Asad
- And when [other] near of kin and orphans and needy persons are present at the distribution [of inheritance], give them something thereof for their sustenance, and speak unto them in a kindly way.
- Sahih International
- And when [other] relatives and orphans and the needy are present at the [time of] division, then provide for them [something] out of it [i.e., the estate] and speak to them words of appropriate kindness.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | حَضَرَḥaḍara | present | حضر |
| 3 | ٱلْقِسْمَةَl-qis'mata | (at) the (time of) division | قسم |
| 4 | أُو۟لُوا۟ulū | (of) | أول |
| 5 | ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bā | the relatives | قرب |
| 6 | وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmā | and the orphans | يتم |
| 7 | وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينُwal-masākīnu | and the poor | سكن |
| 8 | فَٱرْزُقُوهُمfa-ur'zuqūhum | then provide them | رزق |
| 9 | مِّنْهُmin'hu | from it | — |
| 10 | وَقُولُوا۟waqūlū | and speak | قول |
| 11 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 12 | قَوْلًۭاqawlan | words | قول |
| 13 | مَّعْرُوفًۭاmaʿrūfan | (of) kindness | عرف |