سورة النِّسَاء
Surah Al-Nisâ’ 4:7
The Women · Verse 7 of 176
لِلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ وَلِلنِّسَاءِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنْهُ أَوْ كَثُرَ ۚ نَصِيبًا مَفْرُوضًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
(As the basis of law of inheritance,) for men is a share in (the property) that the parents and near relations leave behind and the women shall have a share in (the property) that the parents and the near relations leave behind, whether it (- property) be small or large, a determined share (ordained by Allâh).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
From what is left by parents and those nearest related there is a share for men and a share for women, whether the property be small or large,-a determinate share.
Ahmed Ali
Men have a share in what the parents and relatives leave behind at death; and women have a share in what the parents and relatives leave behind. Be it large or small a legal share is fixed.
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Ali Unal
For the male heirs is a share out of what parents and near kindred leave behind, and for the female heirs is a share of what parents and near kindred leave behind, whether it (the inheritance) be little or much – a share ordained by God.
Daryabadi
Unto males shall be a portion of that which their parents and others near of kin may leave; and unto females shall be a portion of that which their parents and other near of kin may leave, whether it be small or large, a portion allotted.
Faridul Haque
For men is a share from what the parents and near relatives leave behind, and for women is a share from what the parents and near relatives leave behind, whether the wealth (inheritance) is small or large; the share is a fixed one.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
For men is a share of what the parents and the near relatives leave, and for women a share of what the parents and the near relatives leave whether it be little or much -- an appointed share.
Maulvi Sher Ali
For men is a share of that which parents leave and near relations leave; and for women is a share of that which parents and near relations leave, whether it be little or much - a determined share.
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].
Muhammad Musin Khan
There is a share for men and a share for women from what is left by parents and those nearest related, whether, the property be small or large - a legal share.
Muhammad Pickthall
Unto the men (of a family) belongeth a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, and unto the women a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, whether it be little or much - a legal share.
Muhammad Sarwar
Male and female are entitled to their legal share in the legacy of their parents and relatives, whether it be small or large.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Men shall have a portion of what the parents and the near relatives leave, and women shall have a portion of what the parents and the near relatives leave, whether there is little or much of it; a stated portion.
Rashad Khalifa
The men get a share of what the parents and the relatives leave behind. The women too shall get a share of what the parents and relatives leave behind. Whether it is a small or a large inheritance, (the women must get) a definite share.
Shabbir Ahmed
Men get a share of what the parents and near relatives leave behind. Women get a share of what the parents and near relatives leave behind. Whether the inheritance is small or large, these shares have been ordained as a duty.
Commentary 4:7 This verse forms the basis of the Islamic law of inheritance and lays down the general principle that both men and women inherit. Among the Arabs of the…
لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ وَلِلنِّسَاءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنْهُ أَوْ كَثُرَ ۚ نَصِيبًا مَّفْرُوضًا
4:7 This verse forms the basis of the Islamic law of inheritance and lays down the general principle that both men and women inherit. Among the Arabs of the time, women and children had no shares in inheritance. A saying of the time went, “None shall inherit but he who smites with the spear,” limiting inheritance to those who could go to war. The great reform introduced by the teachings of the Holy Qur’ân not only raised the status of women to one of equality with men, but established basic rights for women in all matters of social life.