The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
Page #49
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وَإِن
كُنتُمْ
عَلَى
سَفَرٍ
وَلَمْ
تَجِدُوا
كَاتِبًا
فَرِهَانٌ
مَّقْبُوضَةٌ
فَإِنْ
أَمِنَ
بَعْضُكُم
بَعْضًا
فَلْيُؤَدِّ
الَّذِي
اؤْتُمِنَ
أَمَانَتَهُ
وَلْيَتَّقِ
اللَّهَ
رَبَّهُ
وَلَا
تَكْتُمُوا
الشَّهَادَةَ
وَمَن
يَكْتُمْهَا
فَإِنَّهُ
آثِمٌ
قَلْبُهُ
وَاللَّهُ
بِمَا
تَعْمَلُونَ
عَلِيمٌ
wa-ʾin kuntum ʿalā safarin wa-lam tajidū kātiban fa-rihānun maqbūḍatun fa-ʾin ʾamina baʿḍukum baʿḍan fa-l-yuʾaddi lladhī ʾtumina ʾamānatahū wa-l-yattaqi llāha rabbahū wa-lā taktumū sh-shahādata wa-man yaktumhā fa-ʾinnahū ʾāthimun qalbuhū wa-llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna ʿalīmun
If ye are on a journey, and cannot find a scribe, a pledge with possession (may serve the purpose). And if one of you deposits a thing on trust with another, Let the trustee (Faithfully) discharge His trust, and let him fear his Lord. Conceal not evidence; for whoever conceals it,- His heart is tainted with sin. And Allah Knoweth all that ye do.
— Abdullah Yusufali
If you are on a journey and cannot find a writer, then a retained pledge [shall suffice]. And if one of you entrusts [an asset] to another, let him who is trusted deliver his trust, and let him be wary of Allah, his Lord. And do not conceal your testimony; anyone who conceals it, his heart will indeed be sinful, and Allah knows well what you do.
