Quran 5:106
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ شَهَـٰدَةُ بَيْنِكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ حِينَ ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ ٱثْنَانِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ أَوْ ءَاخَرَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ إِنْ أَنتُمْ ضَرَبْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصَـٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ تَحْبِسُونَهُمَا مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ إِنِ ٱرْتَبْتُمْ لَا نَشْتَرِى بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰ ۙ وَلَا نَكْتُمُ شَهَـٰدَةَ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْـَٔاثِمِينَ
| EnglishTalal Itani | O you who believe! When death approaches one of you, let two reliable persons from among you act as witnesses to the making of a bequest, or two persons from another people if you are traveling in the land and the event of death approaches you. Engage them after the prayer. If you have doubts, let them swear by Allah: “We will not sell our testimony for any price, even if he was a near relative, and we will not conceal Allah’s testimony, for then we would be sinners.” |
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| EnglishPickthall, 1930 | O ye who believe! Let there be witnesses between you when death draweth nigh unto one of you, at the time of bequest - two witnesses, just men from among you, or two others from another tribe, in case ye are campaigning in the land and the calamity of death befall you. Ye shall empanel them both after the prayer, and, if ye doubt, they shall be made to swear by Allah (saying): We will not take a bribe, even though it were (on behalf of) a near kinsman nor will we hide the testimony of Allah, for then indeed we should be of the sinful. |
| TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935 | Ey o bütün iman edenler! her hangi birinize ölüm hali geldiği o vasiyyet zamanı aranızdaki şehadet ya kendinizden adalet sahibi iki adam, veya yolculuk ediyordunuz da ölüm musibeti başınıza geldise sizin gayrinizden iki diğeridir, onları namazdan sonra alıkorsunuz, şüphelendiğiniz takdirde şöyle yemin ederler, "billâhi hısım da olsa yeminimizi hiç bir bedele değişmeyiz, Allah’ın şehadetini ketm de etmeyiz" biz o takdirde şüphesiz vebâle girenlerden oluruz. |
| FrenchKazimirski, 1840 | Ô croyants ! Les témoignages entre vous, lorsque quelqu’un d’entre vous se trouvera à l’article de la mort et voudra faire un testament, se feront ainsi : Prenez deux personnes droites parmi vous ou parmi d’autres si vous êtes sur quelque point éloigné du pays et que la calamité de la mort vous surprenne ; Vous les renfermerez toutes les deux après la prière, et si vous doutez encore d’elles, vous leur ferez prêter le serment suivant : Nous ne vendrons pas notre témoignage pour quelque prix que ce soit, pas même a nos parents, et nous ne cacherons pas notre témoignage, car nous serions criminels. |
| DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French | O ware geloovigen! laat getuigen onder u kiezen, als de dood een uwer nadert, op het oogenblik dat hij testament maakt; neem twee rechtvaardige menschen onder u, of twee anderen van een verschillenden stam, of van een ander geloof dan gij zijt, indien gij reizende op aarde zijt en het doodsgevaar u overvalt. Gij zult hen beiden opsluiten na het namiddaggebed, en zij zullen bij God zweren indien gij aan hen twijfelt, en zij zullen zeggen: Wij verkoopen onze getuigenis niet, voor welken prijs ook; zelfs niet aan iemand, die met ons is verwant, en wij zullen de getuigenis van God niet verbergen; want dan zouden wij zeker tot het getal der zondaren behooren. |
| ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French | O credenti! ecco le condizioni della testimonianza nel punto di morte, ed allorchè si vuol fare un testamento: Riunite due uomini probi, scelti fra voi, o fra stranieri, se vi trovate su qualche terra straniera quando vi sorprenderà la disgrazia della morte; rinchiudeteli ambedue dopo la preghiera, e, se non siete sicuri della loro buona fede, fate loro prestar giuramento dinanzi a Dio, in questi termini: Noi non venderemo la nostra testimonianza a qualunque prezzo neppure ai nostri parenti e non nasconderemo neppure la nostra testimonianza giacchè saremmo colpevoli. |
