
Comparative Study
4:8
1 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. Dr. Mustafa Khattab
2 And when [other] near of kin and orphans and needy persons are present at the distribution [of inheritance], give them something thereof for their sustenance, and speak unto them in a kindly way. Muhammad Asad
3 If the distribution is attended by the relatives, and the orphans, and the needy, give them something out of it, and speak to them kindly. Talal Itani
4 If other near of kin orphans and needy are pre sent at the time of division of inheritance give them some thing of it and speak to them kindly. Maududi
5 And when the relatives and the orphans and Al-Masakin (the poor) are present at the time of division, give them out of the property, and speak to them words of kindness and justice. Muhsin Khan
6 If other relatives, orphans, or needy people are present at the distribution, give them something too, and speak kindly to them. Muhammad Abdel Haleem
7 And when the division is attended by those imbued with kinship and the orphans and the needy, then, provide for them from it and say honorable sayings to them. Dr.Leila Bakhtiar
8 And when kinsfolk and orphans and the needy are present at the division (of the heritage), bestow on them therefrom and speak kindly unto them. Marmaduke Pickthall
9 And when [other] relatives and orphans and the needy are present at the [time of] division, then provide for them [something] out of the estate and speak to them words of appropriate kindness. Sahih Int.
10 But if at the time of division other relatives, or orphans or poor, are present, feed them out of the (property), and speak to them words of kindness and justice. Yusuf Ali
11 and when present (at) the (time of) division the relatives and the orphans and the poor, then provide them from it and speak to them words (of) kindness. Word by Word