Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:135

4:135

۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ شُهَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوِ ٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ۚ إِن يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا أَوْ فَقِيرًا فَٱللَّهُ أَوْلَىٰ بِهِمَا ۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚ وَإِن تَلْوُۥٓا۟ أَوْ تُعْرِضُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū kūnū qawwāmīna bil-qis'ṭi shuhadāa lillahi walaw ʿalā anfusikum awi l-wālidayni wal-aqrabīna in yakun ghaniyyan aw faqīran fal-lahu awlā bihimā falā tattabiʿū l-hawā an taʿdilū wa-in talwū aw tuʿ'riḍū fa-inna l-laha kāna bimā taʿmalūna khabīran

O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allāh, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives. Whether one is rich or poor, Allāh is more worthy of both. So follow not [personal] inclination, lest you not be just. And if you distort [your testimony] or refuse [to give it], then indeed Allāh is ever, of what you do, Aware.

— Saheeh International

You who believe, uphold justice and bear witness to God, even if it is against yourselves, your parents, or your close relatives. Whether the person is rich or poor, God can best take care of both. Refrain from following your own desire, so that you can act justly- if you distort or neglect justice, God is fully aware of what you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allâh, even though it be against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, be he rich or poor, Allâh is a Better Protector to both (than you). So follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest you avoid justice; and if you distort your witness or refuse to give it, verily, Allâh is Ever Well-Acquainted with what you do.

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

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۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
قَوَّٰمِينَqawwāmīnacustodians
بِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭiof justice
شُهَدَآءَshuhadāa(as) witnesses
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
وَلَوْwalaweven if
عَلَىٰٓʿalā(it is) against
أَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselves
أَوِawior
ٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِl-wālidaynithe parents
وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَۚwal-aqrabīnaand the relatives
إِنinif
يَكُنْyakunhe be
غَنِيًّاghaniyyanrich
أَوْawor
فَقِيرًۭاfaqīranpoor
فَٱللَّهُfal-lahufor Allah
أَوْلَىٰawlā(is) nearer
بِهِمَاۖbihimāto both of them
فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūfollow
ٱلْهَوَىٰٓl-hawāthe desire
أَنanlest
تَعْدِلُوا۟ۚtaʿdilūyou deviate
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تَلْوُۥٓا۟talwūyou distort
أَوْawor
تُعْرِضُوا۟tuʿ'riḍūrefrain
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
خَبِيرًۭاkhabīranAll-Aware