وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ صَدُقَـٰتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةً ۚ فَإِن طِبْنَ لَكُمْ عَن شَىْءٍ مِّنْهُ نَفْسًا فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيٓـًٔا مَّرِيٓـًٔا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And give the women [upon marriage] their [bridal] gifts graciously. But if they give up willingly to you anything of it, then take it in satisfaction and ease.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- நீங்கள் (மணம் செய்து கொண்ட) பெண்களுக்கு அவர்களுடைய மஹர் (திருமணக்கொடை)களை மகிழ்வோடு (கொடையாக) கொடுத்துவிடுங்கள் - அதிலிருந்து ஏதேனும் ஒன்றை மனமொப்பி அவர்கள் உங்களுக்கு கொடுத்தால் அதைத் தாராளமாக, மகிழ்வுடன் புசியுங்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද නුඹලා (විවාහ වන) කාන්තාවන්ට ඔවුන්ගේ (මහර් හෙවත් යුතුකමක් වශයෙන් පිරිනමන විවාහ) පරිත්යාග සිත් මනාපයෙන් පිරිනමනු. පසුව ඔවුන් ඉන් කිසිවක් නුඹලාට ස්වකැමැත්තෙන් පිරිනැමුවේ නම් එවිට නුඹලා එය සතුටින් හා (කිසිදු පීඩාවකින් තොරව) පහසුවෙන් අනුභව කරනු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور عورتوں کو ان کے مہر راضی خوشی دے دو، ہاں اگر وه خود اپنی خوشی سے کچھ مہر چھوڑ دیں تو اسے شوق سے خوش ہو کر کھا لو۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- そして（結婚に際しては）女にマハルを贈り物として与えなさい。だがかの女らが自らその一部を戻すことを願うならば，喜んでこれを納めなさい。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 你们应当把妇女的聘仪，当做一份赠品，交给她们。如果她们心甘愿情地把一部分聘仪让给你们，那末，你们可以乐意地加以接受和享用。
Tafsir of 4:4
Protecting the Property of the Orphans Allah commands that the property of the orphans be surrendered to them in full when they reach the age of adolescence, and He forbids using or confiscating any part of it. So He said; وَلاَ تَتَبَدَّلُواْ الْخَبِيثَ بِالطَّيِّبِ (and do not exchange (your) bad things for (their) good ones;) Sa`id bin Al-Musayyib and Az-Zuhri commented, "Do not substitute a weak animal of yours for a fat animal (of the orphans)." Ibrahim An-Nakha`i and Ad-Dahhak commented, "Do not give something of bad quality for something of good quality." As-Suddi said, "One of them (caretakers of orphans) would take a fat sheep from the orphan's property and put in its place, a weak sheep of his, saying, `A sheep for a sheep.' He would also take a good Dirham and exchange it for a fake Dirham, saying, `A Dirham for a Dirham."' Allah's statement, وَلاَ تَأْكُلُواْ أَمْوَلَهُمْ إِلَى أَمْوَلِكُمْ (and devour not their substance to your substance.) means, do not mix them together so that you eat up both, as Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Muqatil bin Hayyan, As-Suddi and Sufyan bin Hassin stated. Allah said, إِنَّهُ كَانَ حُوباً كَبِيراً (Surely, this is a great sin.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
