وَلۡيَخۡشَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
لَوۡ
تَرَكُواْ
مِنۡ
خَلۡفِهِمۡ
ذُرِّيَّةٗ
ضِعَٰفًا
خَافُواْ
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
فَلۡيَتَّقُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
وَلۡيَقُولُواْ
قَوۡلٗا
سَدِيدًا
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And let those [executors and guardians] fear [injustice] as if they [themselves] had left weak offspring behind and feared for them. So let them fear Allāh and speak words of appropriate justice.
— Saheeh International
Let the guardians be as concerned ˹for the orphans˺ as they would if they were to ˹die and˺ leave ˹their own˺ helpless children behind. So let them be mindful of Allah and speak equitably.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Necessity of Surrendering the Inheritance According to the Portions that Allah Ordained
Sa`id bin Jubayr and Qatadah said, "The idolators used to give adult men a share of inheritance and deprive women and children of it. Allah revealed;
لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصيِبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَلِدَنِ وَالاٌّقْرَب
…The Necessity of Surrendering the Inheritance According to the Portions that Allah Ordained
Sa`id bin Jubayr and Qatadah said, "The idolators used to g
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