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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 8
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَآءَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوْمٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚ ٱعْدِلُوا۟ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿8﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you who believe! Stand out firmly for Allâh as just witnesses; and let not the enmity and hatred of others make you avoid justice. Be just: that is nearer to piety; and fear Allâh. Verily, Allâh is Well-Acquainted with what you do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
كُونُوا۟
kūnū
Be
قَوَّٰمِينَ
qawwāmīna
steadfast
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
for Allah
شُهَدَآءَ
shuhadāa
(as) witnesses
بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ
bil-qis'ṭi
in justice
وَلَا
walā
and let not
يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ
yajrimannakum
prevent you
شَنَـَٔانُ
shanaānu
hatred
قَوْمٍ
qawmin
(of) a people
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
[upon]
أَلَّا
allā
that not
تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚ
taʿdilū
you do justice
ٱعْدِلُوا۟
iʿ'dilū
Be just
هُوَ
huwa
it
أَقْرَبُ
aqrabu
(is) nearer
لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ
lilttaqwā
to [the] piety
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
ٱللَّهَ ۚ
l-laha
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
خَبِيرٌۢ
khabīrun
(is) All-Aware
بِمَا
bimā
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
8. 1. 2 The explanation of the first sentence is in Surah An-Nisa, verse number 135, and the explanation of the second sentence has already been mentioned at the beginning of Surah Al-Ma'idah. The importance of just testimony in the sight of the Noble Prophet ﷺ can be gauged from the incident mentioned in the hadith. Hazrat Nu'man bin Bashir says that my father gave me a gift, so my mother said, "I will not be pleased with this gift until you make Allah's Messenger a witness to it." So my father went to him, and he ﷺ asked, "Have you given such a gift to all your children?" He replied in the negative, so he ﷺ said, "Fear Allah and be just among your children," and he ﷺ said, "I will not be a witness to injustice." (Sahih Bukhari)
