Quran 4:7: The Last Testament

For the men is a portion from what the parents and the relatives left behind, and for the women is a portion from what the parents and relatives left behind, be it little or much; an imposed portion.

Translation endnotes

[4:7] Compare this verse to the Old Testament, Numbers 27:8-11.

4:7Verse 503 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

لِلرِّجَالِ

lilrrijāli

For the men

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form رجال. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

For the men

Letter-by-letter reading

لِliلlرِّrriجَjaاāلِli

Read the sounds from right to left. Written letters and spoken sound may differ where Arabic pronunciation rules apply.

ROOTر ج ل

WHAT THIS ISA naming word (a noun) with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“لِّ” (lli)a preposition. Its meaning is part of the full word gloss shown above.Corpus grammarP — prefixed preposition.

“ل” (l)the Arabic equivalent of “the.” It makes the following noun specific.Corpus grammarDET — prefixed definite article.

“رِّجَالِ” (rrijāli)means “For the men” in this verse. It is a noun. a naming word. Here it is masculine — plural, genitive.Corpus grammarN — masculine plural genitive noun.