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An-Nisa 4:8

وَإِذَا حَضَرَ ٱلۡقِسۡمَةَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينُ فَٱرۡزُقُوهُم مِّنۡهُ وَقُولُواْ لَهُمۡ قَوۡلٗا مَّعۡرُوفٗا

If ˹non-inheriting˺ relatives, orphans, or the needy are present at the time of distribution, offer them a ˹small˺ provision from it and speak to them kindly.

Word by word

وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
Vocabulary
حَضَرَ
ḥaḍara
present
Vocabulary
Root: حضر
ٱلۡقِسۡمَةَ
l-qis'mata
(at) the (time of) division
Vocabulary
Root: قسم
أُوْلُواْ
ulū
(of)
Vocabulary
Root: اول
ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ
l-qur'bā
the relatives
Vocabulary
Root: قرب
وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ
wal-yatāmā
and the orphans
Vocabulary
Root: يتم
وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينُ
wal-masākīnu
and the poor
Vocabulary
Root: سكن
فَٱرۡزُقُوهُم
fa-ur'zuqūhum
then provide them
Vocabulary
Root: رزق
مِّنۡهُ
min'hu
from it
Vocabulary
وَقُولُواْ
waqūlū
and speak
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لَهُمۡ
lahum
to them
Vocabulary
قَوۡلٗا
qawlan
words
Vocabulary
Root: قول
مَّعۡرُوفٗا
maʿrūfan
(of) kindness
Vocabulary
Root: عرف

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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.