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Quran 5:107

Surah Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread), verse 107 of 120 · Juz 7

فَإِنْ عُثِرَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنَّهُمَا ٱسْتَحَقَّآ إِثْمًا فَـَٔاخَرَانِ يَقُومَانِ مَقَامَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَوْلَيَـٰنِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ لَشَهَـٰدَتُنَآ أَحَقُّ مِن شَهَـٰدَتِهِمَا وَمَا ٱعْتَدَيْنَآ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Translations of Quran 5:107
EnglishTalal Itani

If it is discovered that they are guilty of perjury: let two others take their place, two from among those responsible for the claim, and have them swear by Allah, “Our testimony is more truthful than their testimony, and we will not be biased, for then we would be wrongdoers.”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

But then, if it is afterwards ascertained that both of them merit (the suspicion of) sin, let two others take their place of those nearly concerned, and let them swear by Allah, (saying): Verily our testimony is truer than their testimony and we have not transgressed (the bounds of duty), for them indeed we should be of the evil-doers.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Eğer bunların bir vebâle müstehikk olduklarına vukuf hasıl edilirse o vakit ercah olan bu ikinin yirine bunların aleyhlerinde bulundukları mukabil taraftan diğer iki kişi dikilir şöyle yemin ederler: "billâhı bizim şehadetimiz onların şehadetinden daha doğrudur ve hakkı tecavüz etmedik, şüphesiz o takdirde zalimlerden oluruz".

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

S’il se trouvait que ces deux témoins se fussent rendus coupables d’une fausseté, deux autres, parents du testateur, et du nombre de ceux qui ont découvert le parjure, seront substitués aux deux premiers. Ils prêteront serment devant Dieu en ces termes : Notre témoignage est plus vrai que celui des deux autres ; Nous n’avançons rien d’injuste, autrement nous serions du nombre des criminels.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Maar indien het blijkt, dat beiden aan oneerlijkheid schuldig zijn geweest, zullen twee anderen in hunne plaats worden gesteld, van degenen die hen van valschheid hebben overtuigd, en wel de twee naasten in den bloede; en zij zullen bij God zweren, zeggende: Waarlijk, onze getuigenis is meer waar dan de getuigenis van deze beide; wij hebben niet pogen te verleiden; want dan zouden wij tot het getal der onrechtvaardigen behooren.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Se sarà evidente che questi due testimonj abbiano prevaricato, saranno sostituiti ai due primi altri due, parenti del testatore, e presi fra quelli che hanno scoperto lo spergiuro. Essi giureranno avanti a Dio in questo modo: La nostra testimonianza è più vera di quella degli altri due; noi non deporremo cosa che non sia giusta, altrimenti saremmo noi pure colpevoli.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.