ٱلْمَائِدَة : ١٠٦

  • يَٰٓأَيُّهَا O you
  • ٱلَّذِينَ who
  • ءَامَنُواْ believe
  • شَهَٰدَةُ (Take) testimony
  • بَيۡنِكُمۡ among you
  • إِذَا when
  • حَضَرَ approaches
  • أَحَدَكُمُ one of you
  • ٱلۡمَوۡتُ [the] death
  • حِينَ (at the) time (of making)
  • ٱلۡوَصِيَّةِ [the] a will
  • ٱثۡنَانِ two
  • ذَوَا men
  • عَدۡلٖ just
  • مِّنكُمۡ among you
  • أَوۡ or
  • ءَاخَرَانِ two others
  • مِنۡ from
  • غَيۡرِكُمۡ other than you
  • إِنۡ if
  • أَنتُمۡ you
  • ضَرَبۡتُمۡ (are) travel(ing)
  • فِي in
  • ٱلۡأَرۡضِ the earth
  • فَأَصَٰبَتۡكُم then befalls you
  • مُّصِيبَةُ calamity
  • ٱلۡمَوۡتِۚ (of) [the] death
  • تَحۡبِسُونَهُمَا Detain both of them
  • مِنۢ from
  • بَعۡدِ after
  • ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ the prayer
  • فَيُقۡسِمَانِ and let them both swear
  • بِٱللَّهِ by Allah
  • إِنِ if
  • ٱرۡتَبۡتُمۡ you doubt
  • لَا Not
  • نَشۡتَرِي we will exchange
  • بِهِۦ it for
  • ثَمَنٗا a price
  • وَلَوۡ even if
  • كَانَ he is
  • ذَا (of)
  • قُرۡبَىٰ a near relative
  • وَلَا and not
  • نَكۡتُمُ we will conceal
  • شَهَٰدَةَ testimony
  • ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah
  • إِنَّآ Indeed, we
  • إِذٗا then
  • لَّمِنَ (will) surely (be) of
  • ٱلۡأٓثِمِينَ the sinners
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."
O you who believe, let testimony between you, when death, that is, [one of] its causes, draws near to one of you, at the time of a bequest, be that of two men of justice among you (ithnaani dhawaa 'adlin minkum, 'two men of justice among you', is the predicate expressed with the sense of an imperative, in other words, 'let [two men] bear witness . [etc.]'; the genitive annexation of shahaada, 'testimony', and bayn, 'between', is meant to allow for a range [of alternatives]; heen, 'at the time of', is a substitute for idhaa, 'when', or an adverbial qualifier of time for [the verb] hadara, 'draws near'); or of two others from another folk, that is, [from] other than your own religious community, if you are travelling in the land and the affliction of death befalls you. Then you shall empanel them, you shall detain them (tahbisoonahumaa, 'you shall empanel them', is an adjectival qualification of aakharaan, 'two others') after the, mid-afternoon, prayer and, if you are in doubt, [if] you are uncertain about it [their testimony], they shall swear by God, both of them saying: 'We will not sell it, [our testimony] in [swearing by] God, for any price, [for] any compensation that we might take in exchange for it from this world, neither by swearing by Him [falsely], nor by testifying falsely for the sake of that [price]; even if he, the person before whom it is being sworn or the one for whose sake testimony is being given, be a near kinsman, a close relative of ours, nor will we hide testimony to God, which He has commanded us [to give], for then, if we were to hide it, we would surely be among the sinful'.