يُوصِيكُمُ

ٱللَّهُ

فِيٓ

أَوۡلَٰدِكُمۡۖ

لِلذَّكَرِ

مِثۡلُ

حَظِّ

ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِۚ

فَإِن

كُنَّ

نِسَآءٗ

فَوۡقَ

ٱثۡنَتَيۡنِ

فَلَهُنَّ

ثُلُثَا

مَا

تَرَكَۖ

وَإِن

كَانَتۡ

وَٰحِدَةٗ

فَلَهَا

ٱلنِّصۡفُۚ

وَلِأَبَوَيۡهِ

لِكُلِّ

وَٰحِدٖ

مِّنۡهُمَا

ٱلسُّدُسُ

مِمَّا

تَرَكَ

إِن

كَانَ

لَهُۥ

وَلَدٞۚ

فَإِن

لَّمۡ

يَكُن

لَّهُۥ

وَلَدٞ

وَوَرِثَهُۥٓ

أَبَوَاهُ

فَلِأُمِّهِ

ٱلثُّلُثُۚ

فَإِن

كَانَ

لَهُۥٓ

إِخۡوَةٞ

فَلِأُمِّهِ

ٱلسُّدُسُۚ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِ

وَصِيَّةٖ

يُوصِي

بِهَآ

أَوۡ

دَيۡنٍۗ

ءَابَآؤُكُمۡ

وَأَبۡنَآؤُكُمۡ

لَا

تَدۡرُونَ

أَيُّهُمۡ

أَقۡرَبُ

لَكُمۡ

نَفۡعٗاۚ

فَرِيضَةٗ

مِّنَ

ٱللَّهِۗ

إِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

كَانَ

عَلِيمًا

حَكِيمٗا

١١

Allah commands you regarding your children: the share of the male will be twice that of the female.¹ If you leave only two ˹or more˺ females, their share is two-thirds of the estate. But if there is only one female, her share will be one-half. Each parent is entitled to one-sixth if you leave offspring.² But if you are childless and your parents are the only heirs, then your mother will receive one-third.³ But if you leave siblings, then your mother will receive one-sixth⁴—after the fulfilment of bequests and debts.⁵ ˹Be fair to˺ your parents and children, as you do not ˹fully˺ know who is more beneficial to you.⁶ ˹This is˺ an obligation from Allah. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

You will inherit half of what your wives leave if they are childless. But if they have children, then ˹your share is˺ one-fourth of the estate—after the fulfilment of bequests and debts. And your wives will inherit one-fourth of what you leave if you are childless. But if you have children, then your wives will receive one-eighth of your estate—after the fulfilment of bequests and debts. And if a man or a woman leaves neither parents nor children but only a brother or a sister ˹from their mother’s side˺, they will each inherit one-sixth, but if they are more than one, they ˹all˺ will share one-third of the estate¹—after the fulfilment of bequests and debts without harm ˹to the heirs˺.² ˹This is˺ a commandment from Allah. And Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.

These ˹entitlements˺ are the limits set by Allah. Whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger will be admitted into Gardens under which rivers flow, to stay there forever. That is the ultimate triumph!

But whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and exceeds their limits will be cast into Hell, to stay there forever. And they will suffer a humiliating punishment.

˹As for˺ those of your women who commit illegal intercourse—call four witnesses from among yourselves. If they testify, confine the offenders to their homes until they die or Allah ordains a ˹different˺ way for them.

And the two among you who commit this sin—discipline them. If they repent and mend their ways, relieve them. Surely Allah is ever Accepting of Repentance, Most Merciful.

Allah only accepts the repentance of those who commit evil ignorantly ˹or recklessly˺ then repent soon after¹—Allah will pardon them. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

However, repentance is not accepted from those who knowingly persist in sin until they start dying, and then cry, “Now I repent!” nor those who die as disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.

O believers! It is not permissible for you to inherit women against their will¹ or mistreat them to make them return some of the dowry ˹as a ransom for divorce˺—unless they are found guilty of adultery.² Treat them fairly. If you happen to dislike them, you may hate something which Allah turns into a great blessing.

If you desire to replace a wife with another and you have given the former ˹even˺ a stack of gold ˹as a dowry˺, do not take any of it back. Would you ˹still˺ take it unjustly and very sinfully?