Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 8 (4:8)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَإِذَا حَضَرَ ٱلْقِسْمَةَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينُ فَٱرْزُقُوهُم مِّنْهُ …

Quran 4:8 is ayah 8 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 78 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:8
وَإِذَاحَضَرَٱلْقِسْمَةَأُو۟لُوا۟ٱلْقُرْبَىٰوَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰوَٱلْمَسَٰكِينُفَٱرْزُقُوهُممِّنْهُوَقُولُوا۟لَهُمْقَوْلًامَّعْرُوفًا٨
wa-idhā ḥaḍara l-qis'mata ulū l-qur'bā wal-yatāmā wal-masākīnu fa-ur'zuqūhum min'hu waqūlū lahum qawlan maʿrūfan

And when [other] relatives and orphans and the needy are present at the [time of] division, then provide for them [something] out of it [i.e., the estate] and speak to them words of appropriate kindness.(8)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. حَضَرَḥaḍarapresent
  3. ٱلْقِسْمَةَl-qis'mata(at) the (time of) division
  4. أُو۟لُوا۟ulū(of)
  5. ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe relatives
  6. وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans
  7. وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينُwal-masākīnuand the poor
  8. فَٱرْزُقُوهُمfa-ur'zuqūhumthen provide them
  9. مِّنْهُmin'hufrom it
  10. وَقُولُوا۟waqūlūand speak
  11. لَهُمْlahumto them
  12. قَوْلًاqawlanwords
  13. مَّعْرُوفًاmaʿrūfan(of) kindness

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