Quran 2:283 — Al-Baqara, verse 283
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا كَاتِبًا فَرِهَانٌ مَقْبُوضَةٌ ۖ فَإِنْ أَمِنَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا فَلْيُؤَدِّ الَّذِي اؤْتُمِنَ أَمَانَتَهُ وَلْيَتَّقِ اللَّهَ رَبَّهُ ۗ وَلَا تَكْتُمُوا الشَّهَادَةَ ۚ وَمَنْ يَكْتُمْهَا فَإِنَّهُ آثِمٌ قَلْبُهُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ 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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And if you are upon a journey, and you do not find a writer, then a pledge in hand. But if one of you trusts another, let him who is trusted deliver his trust, and let him fear God his Lord. And do not conceal the testimony; whoso conceals it, his heart is sinful; and God has knowledge of the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- And if you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe, pledges [may be taken] in hand: but if you trust one another, then let him who is trusted fulfil his trust, and let him be conscious of God, his Sustainer. And do not conceal what you have witnessed - for, verily, he who conceals it is sinful at heart; and God has full knowledge of all that you do.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 2 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 3 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 4 | سَفَرٍۢsafarin | a journey | سفر |
| 5 | وَلَمْwalam | and not | — |
| 6 | تَجِدُوا۟tajidū | you find | وجد |
| 7 | كَاتِبًۭاkātiban | a scribe | كتب |
| 8 | فَرِهَـٰنٌۭfarihānun | then pledge | رهن |
| 9 | مَّقْبُوضَةٌۭ ۖmaqbūḍatun | in hand | قبض |
| 10 | فَإِنْfa-in | Then if | — |
| 11 | أَمِنَamina | entrusts | أمن |
| 12 | بَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukum | one of you | بعض |
| 13 | بَعْضًۭاbaʿḍan | (to) another | بعض |
| 14 | فَلْيُؤَدِّfalyu-addi | then let discharge | أدي |
| 15 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | the one who | — |
| 16 | ٱؤْتُمِنَu'tumina | is entrusted | أمن |
| 17 | أَمَـٰنَتَهُۥamānatahu | his trust | أمن |
| 18 | وَلْيَتَّقِwalyattaqi | And let him fear | وقي |
| 19 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 20 | رَبَّهُۥ ۗrabbahu | his Lord | ربب |
| 21 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 22 | تَكْتُمُوا۟taktumū | conceal | كتم |
| 23 | ٱلشَّهَـٰدَةَ ۚl-shahādata | the evidence | شهد |
| 24 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 25 | يَكْتُمْهَاyaktum'hā | conceals it | كتم |
| 26 | فَإِنَّهُۥٓfa-innahu | then indeed he | — |
| 27 | ءَاثِمٌۭāthimun | (is) sinful | أثم |
| 28 | قَلْبُهُۥ ۗqalbuhu | his heart | قلب |
| 29 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 30 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 31 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 32 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |