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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 107of 120

فَإِنْ عُثِرَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنَّهُمَا ٱسْتَحَقَّآ إِثْمًۭا فَـَٔاخَرَانِ يَقُومَانِ مَقَامَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَوْلَيَٰنِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ لَشَهَٰدَتُنَآ أَحَقُّ مِن شَهَٰدَتِهِمَا وَمَا ٱعْتَدَيْنَآ إِنَّآ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿١٠٧

Translation (Sahih International)

But if it is found that those two were guilty of perjury, let two others stand in their place [who are] foremost [in claim] from those who have a lawful right. And let them swear by Allah, "Our testimony is truer than their testimony, and we have not transgressed. Indeed, we would then be of the wrongdoers."

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِنْfa-inThen if
عُثِرَʿuthirait is discovered
عَلَىٰٓʿalā(on)
أَنَّهُمَاannahumāthat the two
ٱسْتَحَقَّآis'taḥaqqā(were) guilty
إِثْمًۭاith'man(of) sin
فَـَٔاخَرَانِfaākharānithen (let) two others
يَقُومَانِyaqūmānistand
مَقَامَهُمَاmaqāmahumā(in) their place
مِنَminafrom
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱسْتَحَقَّis'taḥaqqahave a lawful right
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuover them
ٱلْأَوْلَيَـٰنِl-awlayānithe former two
فَيُقْسِمَانِfayuq'simāniand let them both swear
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
لَشَهَـٰدَتُنَآlashahādatunāSurely our testimony
أَحَقُّaḥaqqu(is) truer
مِنminthan
شَهَـٰدَتِهِمَاshahādatihimātestimony of the other two
وَمَاwamāand not
ٱعْتَدَيْنَآiʿ'tadaynāwe have transgressed
إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
إِذًۭاidhanthen
لَّمِنَlamina(will be) of
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Testimony of Two Just Witnesses for the Final Will and TestamentThis honorable Ayah contains a glorious ruling from Allah. Allah's statement,يِـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ شَهَـدَةُ بَيْنِكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ حِينَ الْوَصِيَّةِ اثْنَانِ(O you who believe! When death approaches any of you, and you make a bequest, then take the testimony of two...) meaning that there should be two witnesses in such cases,ذَوَا عَدْلٍ(just men...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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