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An-Nisa 4:135

۞يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُونُواْ قَوَّـٰمِينَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ شُهَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَوِ ٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَۚ إِن يَكُنۡ غَنِيًّا أَوۡ فَقِيرٗا فَٱللَّهُ أَوۡلَىٰ بِهِمَاۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعۡدِلُواْۚ وَإِن تَلۡوُۥٓاْ أَوۡ تُعۡرِضُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٗا

O believers! Stand firm for justice as witnesses for Allah even if it is against yourselves, your parents, or close relatives. Be they rich or poor, Allah is best to ensure their interests. So do not let your desires cause you to deviate ˹from justice˺. If you distort the testimony or refuse to give it, then ˹know that˺ Allah is certainly All-Aware of what you do.

Word by word

۞يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
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ءَامَنُواْ
āmanū
believe[d]!
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Root: امن
كُونُواْ
kūnū
Be
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Root: كون
قَوَّـٰمِينَ
qawwāmīna
custodians
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Root: قوم
بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ
bil-qis'ṭi
of justice
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Root: قسط
شُهَدَآءَ
shuhadāa
(as) witnesses
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Root: شهد
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
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Root: اله
وَلَوۡ
walaw
even if
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عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
(it is) against
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أَنفُسِكُمۡ
anfusikum
yourselves
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Root: نفس
أَوِ
awi
or
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ٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ
l-wālidayni
the parents
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Root: ولد
وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَۚ
wal-aqrabīna
and the relatives
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Root: قرب
إِن
in
if
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يَكُنۡ
yakun
he be
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Root: كون
غَنِيًّا
ghaniyyan
rich
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Root: غني
أَوۡ
aw
or
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فَقِيرٗا
faqīran
poor
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Root: فقر
فَٱللَّهُ
fal-lahu
for Allah
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Root: اله
أَوۡلَىٰ
awlā
(is) nearer
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Root: ولي
بِهِمَاۖ
bihimā
to both of them
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فَلَا
falā
So (do) not
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تَتَّبِعُواْ
tattabiʿū
follow
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Root: تبع
ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ
l-hawā
the desire
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Root: هوي
أَن
an
lest
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تَعۡدِلُواْۚ
taʿdilū
you deviate
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Root: عدل
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
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تَلۡوُۥٓاْ
talwū
you distort
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أَوۡ
aw
or
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تُعۡرِضُواْ
tuʿ'riḍū
refrain
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Root: عرض
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
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ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
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Root: اله
كَانَ
kāna
is
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Root: كون
بِمَا
bimā
of what
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تَعۡمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
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Root: عمل
خَبِيرٗا
khabīran
All-Aware
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Root: خبر

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.