Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

180 Prescribed for you,
when death approaches any of you
and he leaves behind any property,
is that he make a bequest for his parents and relatives,
in an honourable manner,
— an obligation on the Godwary.
181 And should anyone alter it after hearing it,
its sin shall indeed lie on those who alter it.
Indeed Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing
182 But should someone,
fearing deviance or sin on the testator’s behalf,
set things right between them,
there is no sin upon him.
Indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

183 O you who have faith!
Prescribed for you is fasting
as it was prescribed
for those who were before you,
so that you may be Godwary.
184 That for known days.
But should any of you be sick
or on a journey,
let it be a [similar] number of other days.
Those who find it straining shall be liable
to atonement by feeding a needy person.
Should anyone do good of his own accord,
that is better for him, and to fast is better for you,
should you know.

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 18 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=71