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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 152of 165

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ مَالَ ٱلْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ ۖ وَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۖ وَإِذَا قُلْتُمْ فَٱعْدِلُوا۟ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰ ۖ وَبِعَهْدِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْفُوا۟ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿١٥٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And do not approach the orphan's property except in a way that is best until he reaches maturity. And give full measure and weight in justice. We do not charge any soul except [with that within] its capacity. And when you testify, be just, even if [it concerns] a near relative. And the covenant of Allah fulfill. This has He instructed you that you may remember.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabūgo near
مَالَmālawealth
ٱلْيَتِيمِl-yatīmi(of) the orphans
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīwith that
هِىَhiyawhich
أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) best
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَبْلُغَyablughahe reaches
أَشُدَّهُۥ ۖashuddahuhis maturity
وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfūAnd give full
ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla[the] measure
وَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaand the weight
بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖbil-qis'ṭiwith justice
لَاNot
نُكَلِّفُnukallifuWe burden
نَفْسًاnafsanany soul
إِلَّاillāexcept
وُسْعَهَا ۖwus'ʿahā(to) its capacity
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قُلْتُمْqul'tumyou speak
فَٱعْدِلُوا۟fa-iʿ'dilūthen be just
وَلَوْwalaweven if
كَانَkānahe is
ذَاdhā(one of)
قُرْبَىٰ ۖqur'bāa near relative
وَبِعَهْدِwabiʿahdiAnd (the) Covenant
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
أَوْفُوا۟ ۚawfūfulfil
ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
وَصَّىٰكُمwaṣṣākum(He) has enjoined on you
بِهِۦbihiwith it
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnaremember

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prohibition of Consuming the Orphan's Property`Ata' bin As-Sa'ib said that Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, "When Allah revealed,وَلاَ تَقْرَبُواْ مَالَ الْيَتِيمِ إِلاَّ بِالَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ(And come not near to the orphan's property, except to improve it.) and,إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَلَ الْيَتَـمَى ظُلْماً(Verily, those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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