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An-Nisa (The Women)

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وَلِكُلٍّۢ جَعَلْنَا مَوَٰلِىَ مِمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ عَقَدَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ فَـَٔاتُوهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدًا﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And for all, We have made heirs to what is left by parents and relatives. And to those whom your oaths have bound [to you] - give them their share. Indeed Allah is ever, over all things, a Witness.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلِكُلٍّۢwalikullinAnd for all
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe (have) made
مَوَٰلِىَmawāliyaheirs
مِمَّاmimmāof what
تَرَكَtaraka(is) left
ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِl-wālidāni(by) the parents
وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ ۚwal-aqrabūnaand the relatives
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whom
عَقَدَتْʿaqadatpledged
أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands
فَـَٔاتُوهُمْfaātūhumthen give them
نَصِيبَهُمْ ۚnaṣībahumtheir share
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
عَلَىٰʿalāover
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
شَهِيدًاshahīdana Witness

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَلِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنَا مَوَالِىَ(And to everyone, We have appointed Mawali) means, "Heirs." Ibn `Abbas was also reported to have said that Mawali refers to relatives. Ibn Jarir commented, "The Arabs call the cousin a Mawla." Ibn Jarir continued, "Allah's statement,مِّمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَلِدَنِ وَالاٌّقْرَبُونَ(of that (property) left by parents and relatives.) means, from what he inherited from his parents and family members.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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