Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:107

5:107

فَإِنْ عُثِرَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنَّهُمَا ٱسْتَحَقَّآ إِثْمًا فَـَٔاخَرَانِ يَقُومَانِ مَقَامَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَوْلَيَـٰنِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ لَشَهَـٰدَتُنَآ أَحَقُّ مِن شَهَـٰدَتِهِمَا وَمَا ٱعْتَدَيْنَآ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

fa-in ʿuthira ʿalā annahumā is'taḥaqqā ith'man faākharāni yaqūmāni maqāmahumā mina alladhīna is'taḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-awlayāni fayuq'simāni bil-lahi lashahādatunā aḥaqqu min shahādatihimā wamā iʿ'tadaynā innā idhan lamina l-ẓālimīna

But if it is found that those two were guilty of sin [i.e., 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 Allāh, "Our testimony is truer than their testimony, and we have not transgressed. Indeed, we would then be of the wrongdoers."

— Saheeh International

If it is discovered that these two are guilty [of perjury], two of those whose rights have been usurped have a better right to bear witness in their place. Let them swear by God, ‘Our testimony is truer than theirs. We have said nothing but the truth, for that would make us wrongdoers’:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If then it gets known that these two had been guilty of sin, let two others stand forth in their places, nearest in kin from among those who claim a lawful right. Let them swear by Allâh (saying): "We affirm that our testimony is truer than that of both of them, and that we have not trespassed (the truth), for then indeed we should be of the wrong-doers."

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

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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