Surah An-Nisa, ayah 135
۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ شُهَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوِ ٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ۚ إِن يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا أَوْ فَقِيرًا فَٱللَّهُ أَوْلَىٰ بِهِمَا ۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚ وَإِن تَلْوُۥٓا۟ أَوْ تُعْرِضُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا
O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allāh, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives. Whether one is rich or poor, Allāh is more worthy of both. So follow not [personal] inclination, lest you not be just. And if you distort [your testimony] or refuse [to give it], then indeed Allāh is ever, of what you do, Aware.
Word by word
- ۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
- كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
- قَوَّٰمِينَqawwāmīnacustodians
- بِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭiof justice
- شُهَدَآءَshuhadāa(as) witnesses
- لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
- وَلَوْwalaweven if
- عَلَىٰٓʿalā(it is) against
- أَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselves
- أَوِawior
- ٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِl-wālidaynithe parents
- وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ۚwal-aqrabīnaand the relatives
- إِنinif
- يَكُنْyakunhe be
- غَنِيًّاghaniyyanrich
- أَوْawor
- فَقِيرًۭاfaqīranpoor
- فَٱللَّهُfal-lahufor Allah
- أَوْلَىٰawlā(is) nearer
- بِهِمَا ۖbihimāto both of them
- فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
- تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūfollow
- ٱلْهَوَىٰٓl-hawāthe desire
- أَنanlest
- تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚtaʿdilūyou deviate
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- تَلْوُۥٓا۟talwūyou distort
- أَوْawor
- تُعْرِضُوا۟tuʿ'riḍūrefrain
- فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- كَانَkānais
- بِمَاbimāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
- خَبِيرًۭاkhabīranAll-Aware
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