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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 181of 286

فَمَنۢ بَدَّلَهُۥ بَعْدَمَا سَمِعَهُۥ فَإِنَّمَآ إِثْمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿١٨١

Translation (Sahih International)

Then whoever alters the bequest after he has heard it - the sin is only upon those who have altered it. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

Word-by-word meaning

فَمَنۢfamanThen whoever
بَدَّلَهُۥbaddalahuchanges it
بَعْدَ مَاbaʿdamāafter what
سَمِعَهُۥsamiʿahuhe (has) heard [it]
فَإِنَّمَآfa-innamāso only
إِثْمُهُۥith'muhuits sin
عَلَىʿalā(would be) on
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓ ۚyubaddilūnahualter it
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَal-lahaAllah
سَمِيعٌsami'un(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌۭalimunAll-Knowing

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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