The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
al-Nisā’ (Women)
ٱلنِّسَاء
4:135
يَا أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا
كُونُوا
قَوَّامِينَ
بِالْقِسْطِ
شُهَدَاءَ
لِلَّهِ
وَلَوْ
عَلَى
أَنفُسِكُمْ
أَوِ
الْوَالِدَيْنِ
وَالْأَقْرَبِينَ
إِن
يَكُنْ
غَنِيًّا
أَوْ
فَقِيرًا
فَاللَّهُ
أَوْلَى
بِهِمَا
فَلَا
تَتَّبِعُوا
الْهَوَى
أَن
تَعْدِلُوا
وَإِن
تَلْوُوا
أَوْ
تُعْرِضُوا
فَإِنَّ
اللَّهَ
كَانَ
بِمَا
تَعْمَلُونَ
خَبِيرًا
yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū kūnū qawwāmīna bi-l-qisṭi shuhadāʾa li-llāhi wa-law ʿalā ʾanfusikum ʾawi l-wālidayni wa-l-ʾaqrabīna ʾin yakun ghaniyyan ʾaw faqīran fa-llāhu ʾawlā bihimā fa-lā tattabiʿū l-hawā ʾan taʿdilū wa-ʾin talwū ʾaw tuʿriḍū fa-ʾinna llāha kāna bi-mā taʿmalūna khabīran
Believers, be the supporters of justice and the testify to what you may have witnessed, for the sake of God, even against yourselves, parents, and relatives; whether it be against the rich or the poor. God must be given preference over them. Let not your desires cause you to commit injustice. If you deviate from the truth in your testimony, or decline to give your testimony at all, know that God is Well Aware of what you do.