The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة

al-Mā’idah (The Table)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

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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

If their honesty is challenged, two others from the relatives of the deceased should swear in the same way and testify to the bequest saying, "We swear by God that our testimony is the true one. We do not transgress in the matter lest we become unjust ones."

Muhammad Sarwar