الْبَقَرَةِ

Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 180

The Cow · Medinan · 286 ayahs

2:180

كُتِبَ عَلَیْكُمْ اِذَا حَضَرَ اَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ اِنْ تَرَكَ خَیْرًاۚ اَلْوَصِیَّةُ لِلْوَالِدَیْنِ وَالْاَقْرَبٖینَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۚ حَقًّا عَلَى الْمُتَّقٖینَؕ

Kutiba AAalaykum itha hadara ahadakumu almawtu in taraka khayran alwasiyyatu lilwalidayni waalaqrabeena bialmaAAroofi haqqan AAala almuttaqeena

Translations

Prescribed for you when death approaches [any] one of you if he leaves wealth [is that he should make] a bequest for the parents and near relatives according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous

Saheeh International

It is prescribed for you, when death approacheth one of you, if he leave wealth, that he bequeath unto parents and near relatives in kindness. (This is) a duty for all those who ward off (evil)

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