[4.1] O people, fear your Lord, who created you from a single soul. From it He created its
spouse, and from both of them scattered many men and women. Fear Allah, by whom
you ask one another, and (fear) the wombs (lest you sever its relationship). Allah is ever watching over you.
[4.2] Give the orphans their wealth. Do not exchange the evil for the good, nor consume
their wealth with your wealth. Surely, that is a great sin.
[4.3] If you fear that you cannot act justly towards the orphans, then marry such women
as seem good to you; two, three, four of them. But if you fear that you cannot do justice,
then one only, or, those you possess. It is likelier then that you will not be partial.
[4.4] Give women their dowries freely, but if they are pleased to offer you any of it, consume it good and smooth.
[4.5] Do not give the (orphaned) fools your wealth with which Allah has entrusted you
for (their) support, and provide for themand clothe them from it, and speak to them with kind words.
[4.6] And test the orphans until they reach (the age of) marriage. If you perceive in them
right judgment, hand over to them their wealth, and do not consume it wastefully, nor
hastily before they are grown. And whosoever is rich let him abstain, if poor, let him
consume with kindness. When you hand over to them their wealth, take witness over
them; it is sufficient that Allah is the Reckoner.
[4.7] Men shall have a share in what their parents and kinsmen leave, and women shall
have a share in what their parents and kinsmen leave, whether it is little or abundant, it is an obligated share.
[4.8] If relatives, orphans, or the needy are present at the division (of the inheritance),
provide for them out of it, and speak to them in kind words.
[4.9] And let them fear, who, if they themselves left behind weak offspring, would be
afraid for them, and let them fear Allah and speak exactly.
[4.10] Those who consume the wealth of orphans wrongfully, only consume fire in their
bellies, and they shall roast in the Blaze.
[4.11] Allah charges you concerning your children, for a male like the share of two
females. If they are women, above two, theywshall have two thirds of what he left, but if
she is one, then to her a half. While for his parents, to each one of the two a sixth of
what he left, if he has a child. But if he has no child and his heirs are his parents, his
mother shall have a third. If he has siblings, to his mother a sixth after any bequest he
had bequeathed, or any debt. Your fathers and your children, you do not know which of
them is nearer in benefit to you. This is an obligation from Allah. Surely, Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[4.12] For you half of what your wives leave if they have no child. If they have a child, a
quarter of what they leave shall beayours after any bequest she had bequeathed, or any
debt. And for them (the females) they shall inherit one quarter of what you leave if you
have no child. If you have a child, they shall inherit one eighth, after any bequest you
had bequeathed, or any debt. If a manror a woman have no direct heirs, but have a
brother or a sister, to each of the two a sixth. If they are more than that, they shall
