Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 283
۞ وَإِن كُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ كَاتِبًا فَرِهَـٰنٌ مَّقْبُوضَةٌ ۖ فَإِنْ أَمِنَ بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًا فَلْيُؤَدِّ ٱلَّذِى ٱؤْتُمِنَ أَمَـٰنَتَهُۥ وَلْيَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُۥ ۗ وَلَا تَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَـٰدَةَ ۚ وَمَن يَكْتُمْهَا فَإِنَّهُۥٓ ءَاثِمٌ قَلْبُهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ
And if you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then a security deposit [should be] taken. And if one of you entrusts another, then let him who is entrusted discharge his trust [faithfully] and let him fear Allāh, his Lord. And do not conceal testimony, for whoever conceals it - his heart is indeed sinful, and Allāh is Knowing of what you do.
Word by word
- ۞ وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- سَفَرٍۢsafarina journey
- وَلَمْwalamand not
- تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou find
- كَاتِبًۭاkātibana scribe
- فَرِهَـٰنٌۭfarihānunthen pledge
- مَّقْبُوضَةٌۭ ۖmaqbūḍatunin hand
- فَإِنْfa-inThen if
- أَمِنَaminaentrusts
- بَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumone of you
- بَعْضًۭاbaʿḍan(to) another
- فَلْيُؤَدِّfalyu-addithen let discharge
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
- ٱؤْتُمِنَu'tuminais entrusted
- أَمَـٰنَتَهُۥamānatahuhis trust
- وَلْيَتَّقِwalyattaqiAnd let him fear
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- رَبَّهُۥ ۗrabbahuhis Lord
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَكْتُمُوا۟taktumūconceal
- ٱلشَّهَـٰدَةَ ۚl-shahādatathe evidence
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- يَكْتُمْهَاyaktum'hāconceals it
- فَإِنَّهُۥٓfa-innahuthen indeed he
- ءَاثِمٌۭāthimun(is) sinful
- قَلْبُهُۥ ۗqalbuhuhis heart
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- بِمَاbimāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
- عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
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