ٱلنِّسَاء : ١٠٥

  • إِنَّآ Indeed
  • أَنزَلۡنَآ We (have) sent down
  • إِلَيۡكَ to you
  • ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ the Book
  • بِٱلۡحَقِّ with the truth
  • لِتَحۡكُمَ so that you may judge
  • بَيۡنَ between
  • ٱلنَّاسِ the people
  • بِمَآ with what
  • أَرَىٰكَ has shown you
  • ٱللَّهُۚ Allah
  • وَلَا And (do) not
  • تَكُن be
  • لِّلۡخَآئِنِينَ for the deceitful
  • خَصِيمٗا a pleader
Indeed, We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], the Book in truth so you may judge between the people by that which Allāh has shown you. And do not be for the deceitful an advocate.
Tu'ma ibn Ubayriq stole a coat of mail and hid it with a Jew. When it was discovered with the latter, Tu'ma accused him of having stolen it, and swore by God that he [Tu'ma] had not stolen it, and his clan asked the Prophet may peace and salutation be upon him to advocate on his behalf and absolve him, whereupon the following was revealed: Surely We have revealed to you the Book, Al-Qur'an, with the truth (bi'l-haqq is semantically connected to anzalnaa, 'We have revealed') so that you may judge between people by that which God has shown you, what God has taught you. And do not be a disputant for traitors, like Tu'ma, disputing on their behalf.