and patron al-kalalati (the adopted/walad or sibling) Two words are Possessive Phrase. in the phrase does not mean patron. http//www.haqeeqat.org.pk/English%20Tafsir%20e%20Haqeeqat/00.Arabic%20Text/004.%20An%20Nisa/temp%2014%20%204.033c.gif Know it Our Majesty have declared near-relatives and under-patronage persons; for every deceased man and woman to benefit partially in that the Mother and Father and relatively Nearer-Relatives have left behind.

Peace, All examples can be worked out using the template posted earlier... http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9599979.msg240753#msg240753 I have my own approach to this problem. Please critique it. So let us consider The Qur?an distinctly says that the male child will receive the share of two females and that if there are two or more females then the females receive 2/3 between them. In other words, if there are male children then the share of the children comes last since the ?double share? of the male must be preserved. No, says presicely "double share" is when they are exactly two! This has been explained... 411 starts with to the male equal share the two females Above if left alone would be as understood today includes all mixed daughter/s & son/s combinations; Qur'an continues with... ELSE IF they are women over two, so for them two thirds what left This excludes all combinations when > 2 or 3+ females from the first statement. Further continues... AND IF she was one, so for her the half This excludes the case of one female from the first statement above. Thus the only possibility to apply "to the male equal share the two females" is when they are exactly two! Whereas in 4176 the shares 1/2 or 2/3 for the sisters are when they are alone (i.e. no brothers) and Qur'an precisley states "Wa ?In Kn 'Ikhwatan Rijlan Wa Nis'an" which covers all possibilities for mixed siblings apply "to the male equal share the two females" and gives definition of Ikhwatun in 411 -- at least two persons, one is male. Let us use the example which people use to ?disprove Islam? Harold dies and leaves behind three daughters, two parents and his wife. The three daughters receive 2/3 between them, his wife receives 1/8 and the parents receive 1/3 of what is left. In this case there will be an excess which can be distributed to relatives or charity according to usage (48 ). There is never any access. 48 says to be benevolent give out of one's inheritance... http//corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=4&verse=8 1 - 1/3 parents - 1/8 wife = 13/24 CHILDREN (dependent on # of females) Without males the daughters get the whole same as would sons without females; else if mixed use... http//i45.tinypic.com/2zz4z0m.jpg

//Nisa Allah instructs you concerning your children For the male, a share equal to that of two females.// Defective/wanting translation will always lead to faulty perception. Inheritance from biological parents to biological children يُوصِيكُـمُ ٱللَّهُ فِـىٓ أَوْلَٟدِكُمْۖ In semantics First is surface structure and choice of specific words. Prepositional Phrase coupled with Possessive Phrase فِـىٓ أَوْلَٟدِكُمْ is an indivisible Unit of the sentence. Preposition is adverbial and relates to the preceding Verbal sentence. The subsequent information and the Preposition vividly expresses that the permanently binding instructions relate to distribution of the wealth of the deceased amongst the Offspring (biological children), comprising of female and male gender. In consideration of the second Pronoun of the Possessive Phrase being Definite the First Noun is also definite like- ٱلْأَوْلَٟدِ a broken plural feminine noun denoting the offspring, signifying daughters, or the grouped offspring comprising of daughters and sons. Therefore, while reading subsequent clauses, this fact must not slip attention that focus of speech is the Offspring (plural noun) ٱلْأَوْلَٟدِ It is broken paucity plural feminine noun but grammatically it is used both feminine singular and plural. The superb choice of أَوْلَٟدِكُمْ reflects to us the beauty of succinctness in the Qur’ān. Singular and Plural feminine hidden Pronouns in subsequent Verbs in the text could refer back to it, affording economy. Inattention to this fact is usually the cause of misconceptions about inheritance.