ٱلْمَائِدَة : ١٠٨

  • ذَٰلِكَ That
  • أَدۡنَىٰٓ (is) closer
  • أَن that
  • يَأۡتُواْ they will give
  • بِٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ the testimony
  • عَلَىٰ in
  • وَجۡهِهَآ its (true) form
  • أَوۡ or
  • يَخَافُوٓاْ they would fear
  • أَن that
  • تُرَدَّ will be refuted
  • أَيۡمَٰنُۢ their oaths
  • بَعۡدَ after
  • أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡۗ their (others) oaths
  • وَٱتَّقُواْ And fear
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • وَٱسۡمَعُواْۗ and listen
  • وَٱللَّهُ and Allah
  • لَا (does) not
  • يَهۡدِي guide
  • ٱلۡقَوۡمَ the people
  • ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ the defiantly disobedient
That is more likely that they will give testimony according to its [true] objective, or [at least] they would fear that [other] oaths might be taken after their oaths. And fear Allāh and listen [i.e., obey Him]; and Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
That, ruling mentioned, where the oath devolves to the inheritors, [makes it] likelier, brings closer [the eventuality], that they, the witnesses or the trustees, will bear the testimony in its true form, [the form] in which they have been charged to bear it, without distortion or breach of faith, or, it is likelier, that they will be afraid that after their oaths other oaths may be taken, from the inheritors, the plaintiffs, who would swear to the two men's breach of faith or perjury, in which case they would be disgraced and would incur penalties, and so [because of this] they will not lie. Fear God, by refraining from betrayal and perjury, and listen, to what you have been commanded, listening in acceptance. God does not guide the wicked people, those rebelling against obedience to Him; [He does not guide the wicked] to the way of goodness.