ٱلنِّسَاء : ٧

  • لِّلرِّجَالِ For the men
  • نَصِيبٞ a portion
  • مِّمَّا of what
  • تَرَكَ (is) left
  • ٱلۡوَٰلِدَانِ (by) the parents
  • وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبُونَ and the near relatives
  • وَلِلنِّسَآءِ and for the women
  • نَصِيبٞ a portion
  • مِّمَّا of what
  • تَرَكَ (is) left
  • ٱلۡوَٰلِدَانِ (by) parents
  • وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبُونَ and the near relatives
  • مِمَّا of what
  • قَلَّ (is) little
  • مِنۡهُ of it
  • أَوۡ or
  • كَثُرَۚ much
  • نَصِيبٗا a portion
  • مَّفۡرُوضٗا obligatory
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.
The following was revealed as a repudiation of pre-Islamic practices in which women and children were not given any inheritance: To the men, young ones and kin, belongs a share, a portion, of what, deceased, parents and kinsmen leave, and to the women belongs a share of what parents and kinsmen leave, whether it, the property, be little or much. God has made it, an obligatory share, apportioned, to be given to them.