The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:108
ذَلِكَ
أَدْنَى
أَن
يَأْتُوا
بِالشَّهَادَةِ
عَلَى
وَجْهِهَا
أَوْ
يَخَافُوا
أَن
تُرَدَّ
أَيْمَانٌ
بَعْدَ
أَيْمَانِهِمْ
وَاتَّقُوا
اللَّهَ
وَاسْمَعُوا
وَاللَّهُ
لَا
يَهْدِي
الْقَوْمَ
الْفَاسِقِينَ
dhālika ʾadnā ʾan yaʾtū bi-sh-shahādati ʿalā wajhihā ʾaw yakhāfū ʾan turadda ʾaymānun baʿda ʾaymānihim wa-ttaqū llāha wa-smaʿū wa-llāhu lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna
This will help preserve a proper testimony because the witness will be afraid of the denial of their own testimony by a second pair of witness. Have fear of God and listen (properly). God does not guide the evil doing people.
