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An-Nisa 4:6

وَٱبۡتَلُواْ ٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغُواْ ٱلنِّكَاحَ فَإِنۡ ءَانَسۡتُم مِّنۡهُمۡ رُشۡدٗا فَٱدۡفَعُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِمۡ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡۖ وَلَا تَأۡكُلُوهَآ إِسۡرَافٗا وَبِدَارًا أَن يَكۡبَرُواْۚ وَمَن كَانَ غَنِيّٗا فَلۡيَسۡتَعۡفِفۡۖ وَمَن كَانَ فَقِيرٗا فَلۡيَأۡكُلۡ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِۚ فَإِذَا دَفَعۡتُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ فَأَشۡهِدُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ حَسِيبٗا

Test ˹the competence of˺ the orphans until they reach a marriageable age. Then if you feel they are capable of sound judgment, return their wealth to them. And do not consume it wastefully and hastily before they grow up ˹to demand it˺. If the guardian is well-off, they should not take compensation; but if the guardian is poor, let them take a reasonable provision. When you give orphans back their property, call in witnesses. And sufficient is Allah as a ˹vigilant˺ Reckoner.

Word by word

وَٱبۡتَلُواْ
wa-ib'talū
And test
Vocabulary
Root: بلو
ٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ
l-yatāmā
the orphans
Vocabulary
Root: يتم
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
Vocabulary
إِذَا
idhā
[when]
Vocabulary
بَلَغُواْ
balaghū
they reach[ed]
Vocabulary
Root: بلغ
ٱلنِّكَاحَ
l-nikāḥa
(the age of) marriage
Vocabulary
Root: نكح
فَإِنۡ
fa-in
then if
Vocabulary
ءَانَسۡتُم
ānastum
you perceive
Vocabulary
Root: انس
مِّنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
in them
Vocabulary
رُشۡدٗا
rush'dan
sound judgement
Vocabulary
Root: رشد
فَٱدۡفَعُوٓاْ
fa-id'faʿū
then deliver
Vocabulary
Root: دفع
إِلَيۡهِمۡ
ilayhim
to them
Vocabulary
أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡۖ
amwālahum
their wealth
Vocabulary
Root: مول
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
Vocabulary
تَأۡكُلُوهَآ
takulūhā
eat it
Vocabulary
Root: اكل
إِسۡرَافٗا
is'rāfan
extravagantly
Vocabulary
Root: سرف
وَبِدَارًا
wabidāran
and hastily
Vocabulary
Root: بدر
أَن
an
(fearing) that
Vocabulary
يَكۡبَرُواْۚ
yakbarū
they will grow up
Vocabulary
Root: كبر
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
Vocabulary
كَانَ
kāna
is
Vocabulary
Root: كون
غَنِيّٗا
ghaniyyan
rich
Vocabulary
Root: غني
فَلۡيَسۡتَعۡفِفۡۖ
falyastaʿfif
then he should refrain
Vocabulary
Root: عفف
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
Vocabulary
كَانَ
kāna
is
Vocabulary
Root: كون
فَقِيرٗا
faqīran
poor
Vocabulary
Root: فقر
فَلۡيَأۡكُلۡ
falyakul
then let him eat (of it)
Vocabulary
Root: اكل
بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِۚ
bil-maʿrūfi
in a fair manner
Vocabulary
Root: عرف
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
Then when
Vocabulary
دَفَعۡتُمۡ
dafaʿtum
you deliver
Vocabulary
Root: دفع
إِلَيۡهِمۡ
ilayhim
to them
Vocabulary
أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ
amwālahum
their wealth
Vocabulary
Root: مول
فَأَشۡهِدُواْ
fa-ashhidū
then take witnesses
Vocabulary
Root: شهد
عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ
ʿalayhim
on them
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وَكَفَىٰ
wakafā
And is sufficient
Vocabulary
Root: كفي
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
حَسِيبٗا
ḥasīban
(as) a Reckoner
Vocabulary
Root: حسب

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.