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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulVerses 12–14
3 versesAn-Nisa 12
وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ اَزْوَاجُكُمْ اِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌۚ فَاِنْ كَانَ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌ فَلَكُمُ الرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْنَ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوص۪ينَ بِهَٓا اَوْ دَيْنٍۜ وَلَهُنَّ الرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُمْ اِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكُمْ وَلَدٌۚ فَاِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ وَلَدٌ فَلَهُنَّ الثُّمُنُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ تُوصُونَ بِهَٓا اَوْ دَيْنٍۜ وَاِنْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُ كَلَالَةً اَوِ امْرَاَةٌ وَلَهُٓ اَخٌ اَوْ اُخْتٌ فَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا السُّدُسُۚ فَاِنْ كَانُٓوا اَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَٓاءُ فِي الثُّلُثِ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصٰى بِهَٓا اَوْ دَيْنٍۙ غَيْرَ مُضَٓارٍّۚ وَصِيَّةً مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَل۪يمٌۜ ١٢
Mushaf
Transliteration
12Veleküm niṣfü mâ terake ezvâcüküm il lem yekül lehünne veled. fein kâne lehünne veledün felekümü-rrubüʿu mimmâ terakne mim baʿdi veṣiyyetiy yûṣîne bihâ ev deyn. velehünne-rrubüʿu mimmâ teraktüm il lem yekül leküm veled. fein kâne leküm veledün felehünne-ŝŝümünü mimmâ teraktüm mim baʿdi veṣiyyetin tûṣûne bihâ ev deyn. vein kâne racülüy yûraŝü kelâleten evi-mraetüv velehû eḫun ev uḫtün felikülli vâḥidim minhüme-ssüdüs. fein kânû ekŝera min ẕâlike fehüm şürakâü fi-ŝŝülüŝi mim baʿdi veṣiyyetiy yûṣâ bihâ ev deynin gayra müḍârr. veṣiyyetem mine-llâh. vellâhü ʿalîmün ḥalîm.
English Translation
12If your wives have no children, half of what they leave is yours. If they have children, a quarter of their estate belongs to you. This too comes after their bequests have been carried out and their debts paid. Of what you leave, a quarter belongs to your wives if you have no child. If you have children, an eighth is theirs. These too come after your bequest has been carried out and your debts paid. If a man or a woman whose estate is inherited has no first-degree heirs—neither parents nor child—but has a brother or a sister, each of them receives one-sixth. If the siblings are more than that, they share in one-third, after the deceased's bequest has been carried out and debts paid. The heirs must not be harmed by distributing more than one-third of the estate through a bequest. This is a command from Allah. Allah truly knows, and is forbearing.
Related verses
12An-Nisa 7An-Nisa 8An-Nisa 11An-Nisa 13An-Nisa 14An-Nisa 176
Read the whole of Surah An-Nisa
The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik.
The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.