Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:283

2:283

۞ وَإِن كُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ كَاتِبًا فَرِهَـٰنٌ مَّقْبُوضَةٌ ۖ فَإِنْ أَمِنَ بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًا فَلْيُؤَدِّ ٱلَّذِى ٱؤْتُمِنَ أَمَـٰنَتَهُۥ وَلْيَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُۥ ۗ وَلَا تَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَـٰدَةَ ۚ وَمَن يَكْتُمْهَا فَإِنَّهُۥٓ ءَاثِمٌ قَلْبُهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ

wa-in kuntum ʿalā safarin walam tajidū kātiban farihānun maqbūḍatun fa-in amina baʿḍukum baʿḍan falyu-addi alladhī u'tumina amānatahu walyattaqi l-laha rabbahu walā taktumū l-shahādata waman yaktum'hā fa-innahu āthimun qalbuhu wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīmun

And if you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then a security deposit [should be] taken. And if one of you entrusts another, then let him who is entrusted discharge his trust [faithfully] and let him fear Allāh, his Lord. And do not conceal testimony, for whoever conceals it - his heart is indeed sinful, and Allāh is Knowing of what you do.

— Saheeh International

If you are on a journey, and cannot find a scribe, something should be handed over as security, but if you decide to trust one another, then let the one who is trusted fulfil his trust; let him be mindful of God, his Lord. Do not conceal evidence: anyone who does so has a sinful heart, and God is fully aware of everything you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then let there be a pledge taken (mortgaging); then if one of you entrust the other, let the one who is entrusted discharge his trust (faithfully), and let him be afraid of Allâh, his Lord. And conceal not the evidence for he, who hides it, surely his heart is sinful. And Allâh is All-Knower of what you do.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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۞ وَإِنwa-inAnd if
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
عَلَىٰʿalāon
سَفَرٍۢsafarina journey
وَلَمْwalamand not
تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou find
كَاتِبًۭاkātibana scribe
فَرِهَـٰنٌۭfarihānunthen pledge
مَّقْبُوضَةٌۭۖmaqbūḍatunin hand
فَإِنْfa-inThen if
أَمِنَaminaentrusts
بَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumone of you
بَعْضًۭاbaʿḍan(to) another
فَلْيُؤَدِّfalyu-addithen let discharge
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
ٱؤْتُمِنَu'tuminais entrusted
أَمَـٰنَتَهُۥamānatahuhis trust
وَلْيَتَّقِwalyattaqiAnd let him fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
رَبَّهُۥۗrabbahuhis Lord
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَكْتُمُوا۟taktumūconceal
ٱلشَّهَـٰدَةَۚl-shahādatathe evidence
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَكْتُمْهَاyaktum'hāconceals it
فَإِنَّهُۥٓfa-innahuthen indeed he
ءَاثِمٌۭāthimun(is) sinful
قَلْبُهُۥۗqalbuhuhis heart
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knower