Dec 17, 2013
4. Sura an-Nisa with Urdu Translation
Sura 4. an-Nisa (Women):
In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Ever-Merciful.
1. O Mankind! Fear your Lord Who (initiated) your creation from a single soul, then from it created its mate, and from these two spread (the creation of) countless men and women. So, fear Allah for Whose sake you solicit needs from one another. And (become God-fearing) towards your own kith and kin (as well). Allah is indeed Ever-Watchful over you.
2. And deliver to the orphans their belongings; and do not exchange the bad for the good; nor consume their wealth by mixing it with your own. Indeed this is a great sin.
3. And if you have the apprehension that you will not be able to treat the orphan girls justly then marry the women you like and who are lawful for you, two or three or four (but this sanction is conditional on justice). Then if you fear that you will not be able to treat (more than one wife) justly then (marry) only one woman or the maids who have come under your possession (in accordance with the Islamic law). This makes it more likely that you restrain you from committing injustice.
4. And pay the women their dower with a pleased heart. Then if they forgo for you some (of the dower) out of their own pleasure, you may consume it as pleasant and favourable (for you).
5. And do not entrust to the mentally deficient your (or their) assets which Allah has made a means of stability for your economy. However, feed them out of it and clothe them, and say to them good and nice words.
6. And evaluate and test the orphans (for the sake of their training) till they attain to (the age of) marriage. Then if you discern in them ingenuity (and the knack of planning), hand over their assets to them. And devour not their wealth spending it wastefully and in haste (fearing that after) they grow mature (they will take it back). The one who is affluent must absolutely abstain (from the orphan’s property) but he who is indigent (himself) should consume but a fair portion of it (only). And when you return to them their assets, take witnesses over them. And Sufficient is Allah at reckoning.
7. Men have a share in (the assets) that their parents and nearest kin leave behind and women (also) have a share in the inheritance of their parents and the nearest kin. Be it small or large, the share has been fixed (by Allah).
8. If the relatives (other than heirs) and the orphans and the indigent are present on the occasion of division (of inheritance), give them also something out of it and say to them good and nice words.
9. And the people (who execute matters of orphans) should fear that (while dying) if they were to leave tender offspring behind, (how) frightened (and worried) would they be over the plight of their children! They should, therefore, keep fearing Allah (in the matter of orphans) and should say the things straight.
10. Indeed those who eat up the property of orphans unjustly fill their bellies but with fire, and soon will they fall into a Blazing Fire.
11. Allah commands you concerning (inheritance of) your children: The share of a son is equal to that of two daughters; then if there are only daughters (two or) more, they are entitled to two-thirds of the inheritance; if there is only one daughter, her share will be one half; the mother and the father of the deceased will get one-sixth of the inheritance each, if the deceased leaves children behind; but in case the deceased has no children and the heirs are only his mother and his father, the mother’s share is one-third (and the rest is the father’s); then, if he has brothers and sisters, the mother will have a sixth portion. This distribution will be (executed) after (the fulfilment of) the will he may have made or after (the payment of) the debt. You know not which of them, whether your parents or your sons, are closer to you in bringing you benefit. This (distribution) is a duty assigned (i.e. fixed) by Allah. Surely, Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.
12. And for you, the share in the property your wives leave is one half, provided they have no children. In case they have offspring then for you there is one-fourth of inheritance, (that too) after (the fulfilment of) the will that may have been made or after (the payment of) debt. And the share of your wives in the assets you leave is one-forth, provided you have no children. But if you have children then their share in your inheritance is one-eighth, after (the fulfilment of) the will made pertaining to (the inheritance) or the payment of (your) debt. In the case of a man or a woman who leaves neither parents nor children, but who has a brother or a sister (on the mother’s side i.e. a uterine brother or a sister), there is a one-sixth share for each of the two. But if they are more than that, they all will be sharers in one-third. (This division shall also be accomplished) after the will which is made without any prejudice towards the heirs or after the (payment) of debt. This is a Command from Allah and Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.
13. These are the limits set by Allah. And the one who obeys Allah and His Messenger (blessing and peace be upon him), He (Allah) will admit him to the Gardens beneath which rivers flow. They shall reside therein forever, and this is a great achievement.
14. But whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and exceeds His limits, He will admit him to Hell wherein shall he live forever; and there is a humiliating torment for him.
15. And those of your women who commit adultery, call in from your men four witnesses against them. Then if they produce evidence, confine those women to their houses till death completes their term of life or Allah ordains a way (i.e. a new injunction) for them.
16. And the two persons from among you who commit adultery, afflict them both. Then, if they repent and mend (their) ways, refrain from punishing them. Indeed Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.
17. Allah has promised to accept the repentance of only those who commit evil deeds due to ignorance, then repent soon after. So Allah will return to such people with His Mercy and Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.
18. But repentance is not (accepted) of the people who persist in sinful acts until death overtakes one of them, (then) he says: ‘Now I repent.’ Nor is repentance (of any avail) for those who die as disbelievers. We have prepared grievous torment for them.
19. O Believers! It is not lawful for you to become heirs to women by force. And do not hold them back in order to take (back) from them a portion of that which you gave them, unless they commit open indecency. And treat them honourably. Then if you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and Allah places in it abundant good.
20. And if you seek to take a wife in place of another and you have (by now) given to her heaps of wealth, yet do not take back any part of it. Do you want to take that wealth (back) by means of unjust accusation and manifest sin?
21. And how can you take it back while you have had marital relations with each other and they have (also) taken a firm promise from you?
22. And do not marry women whom your fathers and forefathers married. But that which has passed (before this command is forgiven). It is indeed highly indecent, infuriating and an evil custom.
23. Forbidden to you are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father’s sisters and your mother’s sisters and your brother’s daughters and sister’s daughters and your mothers (who) have suckled you, your foster sisters and mothers of your wives. And (similarly) your stepdaughters brought up under your parentage born of your women with whom you have had marital relations (are also forbidden to you.) If you have not had martial relations, then there is no harm (in marrying their daughters). Forbidden are also wives of your real sons who are of your loins and having (in marriage) two sisters together, except that which has pa…