سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 240
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَٰجًا وَصِيَّةً لِّأَزْوَٰجِهِم مَّتَـٰعًا إِلَى ٱلْحَوْلِ غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ ۚ فَإِنْ خَرَجْنَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى مَا فَعَلْنَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِنَّ مِن مَّعْرُوفٍ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿240﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And those of you who die and leave behind wives should bequeath for their wives a year’s maintenance and residence without turning them out, but if they (wives) leave, there is no sin on you for that which they do of themselves, provided it is honourable (e.g. lawful marriage). And Allâh is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
يُتَوَفَّوْنَ
yutawaffawna
die
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
وَيَذَرُونَ
wayadharūna
and leave behind
أَزْوَٰجًۭا
azwājan
(their) wives
وَصِيَّةًۭ
waṣiyyatan
(should make) a will
لِّأَزْوَٰجِهِم
li-azwājihim
for their wives
مَّتَـٰعًا
matāʿan
provision
إِلَى
ilā
for
ٱلْحَوْلِ
l-ḥawli
the year
غَيْرَ
ghayra
without
إِخْرَاجٍۢ ۚ
ikh'rājin
driving (them) out
فَإِنْ
fa-in
But if
خَرَجْنَ
kharajna
they leave
فَلَا
falā
then no
جُنَاحَ
junāḥa
blame
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
فِى
fī
in
مَا
mā
what
فَعَلْنَ
faʿalna
they do
فِىٓ
fī
concerning
أَنفُسِهِنَّ
anfusihinna
themselves
مِن
min
[of]
مَّعْرُوفٍۢ ۗ
maʿrūfin
honorably
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَزِيزٌ
ʿazīzun
(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌۭ
ḥakīmun
All-Wise
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
240. 1. This verse, although it appears later in order, is abrogated; the abrogating verse has already passed in which the waiting period for a widow is stated as four months and ten days. Furthermore, the verse of inheritance has also fixed the share of wives, so now the husband does not need to make any kind of bequest for the woman, neither for residence nor for maintenance.
