Quran 4:135 — An-Nisaa, verse 135
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا قَوَّامِينَ بِالْقِسْطِ شُهَدَاءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوْ عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوِ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْأَقْرَبِينَ ۚ إِنْ يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا أَوْ فَقِيرًا فَاللَّهُ أَوْلَىٰ بِهِمَا ۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا الْهَوَىٰ أَنْ تَعْدِلُوا ۚ وَإِنْ تَلْوُوا أَوْ تُعْرِضُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ 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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, be you securers of justice, witnesses for God, even though it be against yourselves, or your parents and kinsmen, whether the man be rich or poor; God stands closest to either. Then follow not caprice, so as to swerve; for if you twist or turn, God is aware of the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! Be ever steadfast in upholding equity, bearing witness to the truth for the sake of God, even though it be against your own selves or your parents and kinsfolk. Whether the person concerned be rich or poor, God's claim takes precedence over [the claims of] either of them. Do not, then, follow your own desires, lest you swerve from justice: for if you distort [the truth], behold, God is indeed aware of all that you do!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe[d] | أمن |
| 4 | كُونُوا۟kūnū | Be | كون |
| 5 | قَوَّٰمِينَqawwāmīna | custodians | قوم |
| 6 | بِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭi | of justice | قسط |
| 7 | شُهَدَآءَshuhadāa | (as) witnesses | شهد |
| 8 | لِلَّهِlillahi | to Allah | أله |
| 9 | وَلَوْwalaw | even if | — |
| 10 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | (it is) against | — |
| 11 | أَنفُسِكُمْanfusikum | yourselves | نفس |
| 12 | أَوِawi | or | — |
| 13 | ٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِl-wālidayni | the parents | ولد |
| 14 | وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ۚwal-aqrabīna | and the relatives | قرب |
| 15 | إِنin | if | — |
| 16 | يَكُنْyakun | he be | كون |
| 17 | غَنِيًّاghaniyyan | rich | غني |
| 18 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 19 | فَقِيرًۭاfaqīran | poor | فقر |
| 20 | فَٱللَّهُfal-lahu | for Allah | أله |
| 21 | أَوْلَىٰawlā | (is) nearer | ولي |
| 22 | بِهِمَا ۖbihimā | to both of them | — |
| 23 | فَلَاfalā | So (do) not | — |
| 24 | تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿū | follow | تبع |
| 25 | ٱلْهَوَىٰٓl-hawā | the desire | هوي |
| 26 | أَنan | lest | — |
| 27 | تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚtaʿdilū | you deviate | عدل |
| 28 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 29 | تَلْوُۥٓا۟talwū | you distort | لوي |
| 30 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 31 | تُعْرِضُوا۟tuʿ'riḍū | refrain | عرض |
| 32 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 33 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 34 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 35 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 36 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 37 | خَبِيرًۭاkhabīran | All-Aware | خبر |