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Quran 4:12

Surah An-Nisa (The Women), verse 12 of 176 · Juz 4

وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ أَزْوَٰجُكُمْ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهُنَّ وَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِن كَانَ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌ فَلَكُمُ ٱلرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْنَ ۚ مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِينَ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ ۚ وَلَهُنَّ ٱلرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُمْ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّكُمْ وَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ وَلَدٌ فَلَهُنَّ ٱلثُّمُنُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُم ۚ مِّنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ تُوصُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ ۗ وَإِن كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُ كَلَـٰلَةً أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ وَلَهُۥٓ أَخٌ أَوْ أُخْتٌ فَلِكُلِّ وَٰحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚ فَإِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَكْثَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فِى ٱلثُّلُثِ ۚ مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَىٰ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَآرٍّ ۚ وَصِيَّةً مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٌ

Translations of Quran 4:12
EnglishTalal Itani

You get one-half of what your wives leave behind, if they had no children. If they had children, you get one-fourth of what they leave. After fulfilling any bequest and paying off debts. They get one-fourth of what you leave behind, if you have no children. If you have children, they get one-eighth of what you leave. After fulfilling any bequest and paying off debts. If a man or woman leaves neither parents nor children, but has a brother or sister, each of them gets one-sixth. If there are more siblings, they share one-third. After fulfilling any bequest and paying off debts, without any prejudice. This is a will from Allah. Allah is Knowing and Clement.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And unto you belongeth a half of that which your wives leave, if they have no child; but if they have a child then unto you the fourth of that which they leave, after any legacy they may have bequeathed, or debt (they may have contracted, hath been paid). And unto them belongeth the fourth of that which ye leave if ye have no child, but if ye have a child then the eighth of that which ye leave, after any legacy ye may have bequeathed, or debt (ye may have contracted, hath been paid). And if a man or a woman have a distant heir (having left neither parent nor child), and he (or she) have a brother or a sister (only on the mother's side) then to each of them twain (the brother and the sister) the sixth, and if they be more than two, then they shall be sharers in the third, after any legacy that may have been bequeathed or debt (contracted) not injuring (the heirs by willing away more than a third of the heritage) hath been paid. A commandment from Allah. Allah is Knower, Indulgent.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Size ise zevcelerinizin terikesinin yarısı bir çocukları yoksa, ve eğer bir çocukları varsa o zaman size dörtte bir, ettikleri vasıyyetten veya borçtan o zaman size dörtte bir, ettikleri vasiyyetten veya borçtan sonra, onlara da sizin terikenizden dörtte bir eğer bir çocuğunuz yoksa, ve eğer bir çocuğunuz varsa o zaman onlara sekizde bir, ettiğiniz vasiyyetten veya borçtan sonra; ve eğer bir erkek veya kadının (çocuğu ve babası yok ta) kelâle cihetinden (yan koldan) mirasına konuluyor ve (ana) bir biraderi veyâ bir hemşiresi bulunuyorsa her birine altıda bir, ve eğer bundan ziyade iseler o zaman üçte birinde ortaklar, ızrar kasdı olmaksızın edilen vasıyyetten veya borçtan sonra ki bütün bunlar Allah’dan ferman, Allah ise hem alîmdir hem halîm.

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

À vous hommes la moitié de ce que laissent vos épouses, si elles n’ont pas d’enfants ; et si elles en laissent, vous aurez le quart, après les legs qu’elles auront faits et les dettes payées. Elles (les femmes vos épouses), auront le quart de ce que vous (leurs maris) laissez, après les legs que vous aurez faits et les dettes payées, si vous n’avez pas d’enfants ; et si vous avez des enfants, elles auront le huitième de la succession après les legs que vous aurez faits et les dettes payées. Si un homme hérite d’un parent éloigné ou d’une parente éloignée, et qu’il ait un frère ou une sœur, il doit à chacun des deux un sixième de la succession ; s’ils sont plusieurs, ils concourront au tiers de la succession, les legs et les dettes prélevés. Sans porter préjudice à qui que ce soit. C’est ce que Dieu vous recommande. Il est savant et clément.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Buitendien moogt gij aanspraak maken op de helft van hetgeen uwe vrouwen nalaten, indien zij geene kinderen hebben; en indien zij kinderen bezitten, dan zult gij het vierde ontvangen van hetgeen zij nalaten, nadat de legaten en hare schulden zullen betaald zijn. Zij zullen ook het vierde hebben van hetgeen gij zult nalaten. Indien gij kinderen hebt, zullen zij het achtste gedeelte hebben van hetgeen gij nalaat, nadat uwe legaten en schulden zullen zijn betaald. En indien het vermogen van een man of eene vrouw door een verwijderde bloedverwant wordt geërfd, en hij of zij een broeder of zuster heeft, dan zal ieder van hen beiden een zesde gedeelte der nalatenschap ontvangen. Indien er meer zijn, zullen zij een derde gedeelte gelijk deelen, na betaling der legaten en schulden. Zonder daardoor aan anderen nadeel toe te brengen. Dit is een bevel van God; hij is wijs en genadig.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

La metà dei beni di una donna morta senza eredi appartiene al marito, ed un quarto se essa ha lasciato figli, dopo prelevati i legati, ed i debiti. Le donne avranno un quarto della successione dei mariti morti senza figli, ed un ottavo solamente se ne hanno lasciati, prelevati sempre legati, e debiti. Se un uomo riceve un’eredità da un parente, o da una parente, lontani, e che abbia un fratello o una sorella, egli deve a ciascuno dei due un sesto dell’eredità; se sono molti concorreranno al terzo dell’eredità, prelevati legati, e debiti. Senza pregiudizio degli eredi. Questo è quanto Iddio vi raccomanda. Egli è sapiente, e clemente.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.