Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 106
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ شَهَـٰدَةُ بَيْنِكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ حِينَ ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ ٱثْنَانِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ أَوْ ءَاخَرَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ إِنْ أَنتُمْ ضَرَبْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصَـٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ تَحْبِسُونَهُمَا مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ إِنِ ٱرْتَبْتُمْ لَا نَشْتَرِى بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰ ۙ وَلَا نَكْتُمُ شَهَـٰدَةَ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْـَٔاثِمِينَ
O you who have believed, testimony [should be taken] among you when death approaches one of you at the time of bequest - [that of] two just men from among you or two others from outside if you are traveling through the land and the disaster of death should strike you. Detain them after the prayer and let them both swear by Allāh if you doubt [their testimony, saying], "We will not exchange it [i.e., our oath] for a price [i.e., worldly gain], even if he should be a near relative, and we will not withhold the testimony of [i.e., ordained by] Allāh. Indeed, we would then be of the sinful."
Word by word
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
- شَهَـٰدَةُshahādatu(Take) testimony
- بَيْنِكُمْbaynikumamong you
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- حَضَرَḥaḍaraapproaches
- أَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumuone of you
- ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
- حِينَḥīna(at the) time (of making)
- ٱلْوَصِيَّةِl-waṣiyati[the] a will
- ٱثْنَانِith'nānitwo
- ذَوَاdhawāmen
- عَدْلٍۢʿadlinjust
- مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
- أَوْawor
- ءَاخَرَانِākharānitwo others
- مِنْminfrom
- غَيْرِكُمْghayrikumother than you
- إِنْinif
- أَنتُمْantumyou
- ضَرَبْتُمْḍarabtum(are) travel(ing)
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- فَأَصَـٰبَتْكُمfa-aṣābatkumthen befalls you
- مُّصِيبَةُmuṣībatucalamity
- ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚl-mawti(of) [the] death
- تَحْبِسُونَهُمَاtaḥbisūnahumāDetain both of them
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
- فَيُقْسِمَانِfayuq'simāniand let them both swear
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
- إِنِiniif
- ٱرْتَبْتُمْir'tabtumyou doubt
- لَاlāNot
- نَشْتَرِىnashtarīwe will exchange
- بِهِۦbihiit for
- ثَمَنًۭاthamanana price
- وَلَوْwalaweven if
- كَانَkānahe is
- ذَاdhā(of)
- قُرْبَىٰ ۙqur'bāa near relative
- وَلَاwalāand not
- نَكْتُمُnaktumuwe will conceal
- شَهَـٰدَةَshahādatatestimony
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
- إِذًۭاidhanthen
- لَّمِنَlamina(will) surely (be) of
- ٱلْـَٔاثِمِينَl-āthimīnathe sinners
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