Surah An-Nisā (The Women) in English

1. ولكم نصف ما ترك أزواجكم إن لم يكن لهن ولد فإن كان لهن ولد فلكم الربع مما تركن من بعد وصية يوصين بها أو دين ولهن الربع مما تركتم إن لم يكن لكم ولد فإن كان لكم ولد فلهن الثمن مما تركتم من بعد وصية توصون بها أو دين وإن كان رجل يورث كلالة أو امرأة وله أخ أو أخت فلكل واحد منهما السدس فإن كانوا أكثر من ذلك فهم شركاء في الثلث من بعد وصية يوصى بها أو دين غير مضار وصية من الله والله عليم حليم

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   For you shall be a half of what your wives leave, if they have no children; but if they have children, then for you shall be a fourth of what they leave, after [paying off] any bequest they may have made or any debt [they may have incurred]. And for them [it shall be] a fourth of what you leave, if you have no children; but if you have children, then for them shall be an eighth of what you leave, after [paying off] any bequest you may have made or any debt [you may have incurred]. If a man or woman is inherited by siblings and has a brother or a sister, then each of them shall receive a sixth; but if they are more than that, then they shall share in one third, after [paying off] any bequest he may have made or any debt [he may have incurred] without prejudice. [This is] an enjoinment from Allah, and Allah is all-knowing, all-forbearing.

   wa-lakum niṣfu mā taraka ʾazwājukum ʾin lam yakun lahunna waladun fa-ʾin kāna lahunna waladun fa-lakumu r-rubuʿu mimmā tarakna min baʿdi waṣiyyatin yūṣīna bihā ʾaw daynin wa-lahunna r-rubuʿu mimmā taraktum ʾin lam yakun lakum waladun fa-ʾin kāna lakum waladun fa-lahunna th-thumunu mimmā taraktum min baʿdi waṣiyyatin tūṣūna bihā ʾaw daynin wa-ʾin kāna rajulun yūrathu kalālatan ʾawi mraʾatun wa-lahū ʾakhun ʾaw ʾukhtun fa-li-kulli wāḥidin minhumā s-sudusu fa-ʾin kānū ʾakthara min dhālika fa-hum shurakāʾu fī th-thuluthi min baʿdi waṣiyyatin yūṣā bihā ʾaw daynin ghayra muḍārrin waṣiyyatan mina llāhi wa-llāhu ʿalīmun ḥalīmun

2. تلك حدود الله ومن يطع الله ورسوله يدخله جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار خالدين فيها وذلك الفوز العظيم

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   These are Allah’s bounds, and whoever obeys Allah and His Apostle, He shall admit him to gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever]. That is the great success.

   tilka ḥudūdu llāhi wa-man yuṭiʿi llāha wa-rasūlahū yudkhilhu jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā wa-dhālika l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

3. ومن يعص الله ورسوله ويتعد حدوده يدخله نارا خالدا فيها وله عذاب مهين

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   But whoever disobeys Allah and His Apostle and transgresses the bounds set by Allah, He shall make him enter a Fire, to remain in it [forever], and there will be a humiliating punishment for him.

   wa-man yaʿṣi llāha wa-rasūlahū wa-yataʿadda ḥudūdahū yudkhilhu nāran khālidan fīhā wa-lahū ʿadhābun muhīnun