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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 180of 286

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِن تَرَكَ خَيْرًا ٱلْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ﴿١٨٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Prescribed for you when death approaches [any] one of you if he leaves wealth [is that he should make] a bequest for the parents and near relatives according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous.

Word-by-word meaning

كُتِبَkutibaPrescribed
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
إِذَاidhāwhen
حَضَرَḥaḍaraapproaches
أَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumuany of you
ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
إِنinif
تَرَكَtarakahe leaves
خَيْرًاkhayrangood
ٱلْوَصِيَّةُl-waṣiyatu(making) the will
لِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِlil'wālidaynifor the parents
وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَwal-aqrabīnaand the near relatives
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖbil-maʿrūfiwith due fairness
حَقًّاḥaqqana duty
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous ones

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Including Parents and Relatives in the Will was later abrogatedThis Ayah contains the command to include parents and relatives in the will, which was obligatory, according to the most correct view, before the Ayah about inheritance was revealed. When the Ayah of inheritance was revealed, this Ayah was abrogated, so fixed shares of the inheritance for deserving recipients were legislated by Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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