The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة

al-Mā’idah (The Table)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

5:106
5:106

yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū shahādatu baynikum ʾidhā ḥaḍara ʾaḥadakumu l-mawtu ḥīna l-waṣiyyati thnāni dhawā ʿadlin minkum ʾaw ʾākharāni min ghayrikum ʾin ʾantum ḍarabtum l-ʾarḍi fa-ʾaṣābatkum muṣībatu l-mawti taḥbisūnahumā min baʿdi ṣ-ṣalāti fa-yuqsimāni bi-llāhi ʾini rtabtum nashtarī bihī thamanan wa-law kāna dhā qurbā wa-lā naktumu sh-shahādata llāhi ʾinnā ʾidhan la-mina l-ʾāthimīna

O you who have faith! The witness between you, when death approaches any of you, while making a bequest, shall be two fair men from among yourselves—or two from among others, if you are journeying in the land and the affliction of death visits you. You shall detain the two of them after the prayer, and, if you have any doubt, they shall vow by Allah, ‘We will not sell it for any gain, even if it were a relative, nor will we conceal the testimony of Allah, for then we would indeed be among the sinners.’

Ali Quli Qarai