The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
Page #125
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فَإِنْ
عُثِرَ
عَلَى
أَنَّهُمَا
اسْتَحَقَّا
إِثْمًا
فَآخَرَانِ
يَقُومَانِ
مَقَامَهُمَا
مِنَ
الَّذِينَ
اسْتَحَقَّ
عَلَيْهِمُ
الْأَوْلَيَانِ
فَيُقْسِمَانِ
بِاللَّهِ
لَشَهَادَتُنَا
أَحَقُّ
مِن
شَهَادَتِهِمَا
وَمَا
اعْتَدَيْنَا
إِنَّا
إِذًا
لَّمِنَ
الظَّالِمِينَ
fa-ʾin ʿuthira ʿalā ʾannahumā staḥaqqā ʾithman fa-ʾākharāni yaqūmāni maqāmahumā mina lladhīna staḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-ʾawlayāni fa-yuqsimāni bi-llāhi la-sh-shahādatunā ʾaḥaqqu min shahādatihimā wa-mā ʿtadaynā ʾinnā ʾidhan la-mina ẓ-ẓālimīna
But if it gets known that these two were guilty of the sin (of perjury), let two others stand forth in their places,- nearest in kin from among those who claim a lawful right: let them swear by Allah: "We affirm that our witness is truer than that of those two, and that we have not trespassed (beyond the truth): if we did, behold! the wrong be upon us!"
— Abdullah Yusufali
But if it is found that both of them were guilty of a sin, then two others shall stand up in their place from among those nearest in kinship to the claimants and swear by Allah: ‘Our testimony is surely truer than their testimony, and we have not transgressed, for then we would indeed be among the wrongdoers.’
