سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 150
قُلْ هَلُمَّ شُهَدَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَ هَـٰذَا ۖ فَإِن شَهِدُوا۟ فَلَا تَشْهَدْ مَعَهُمْ ۚ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَهُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ ﴿150﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say: "Bring forward your witnesses, who can testify that Allâh has forbidden this. Then if they testify, testify not you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) with them. And you should not follow the vain desires of such as treat Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) as falsehoods, and such as believe not in the Hereafter, and they hold others as equal (in worship) with their Lord."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
هَلُمَّ
halumma
Bring forward
شُهَدَآءَكُمُ
shuhadāakumu
your witnesses
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَشْهَدُونَ
yashhadūna
testify
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
حَرَّمَ
ḥarrama
prohibited
هَـٰذَا ۖ
hādhā
this
فَإِن
fa-in
Then if
شَهِدُوا۟
shahidū
they testify
فَلَا
falā
then (do) not
تَشْهَدْ
tashhad
testify
مَعَهُمْ ۚ
maʿahum
with them
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَتَّبِعْ
tattabiʿ
follow
أَهْوَآءَ
ahwāa
(the) desires
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Signs
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
لَا
lā
(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
believe
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
bil-ākhirati
in the Hereafter
وَهُم
wahum
while they
بِرَبِّهِمْ
birabbihim
with their Lord
يَعْدِلُونَ
yaʿdilūna
set up equals
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150. Say, "Bring your witnesses who can testify that Allah has truly forbidden these things." And if they testify, do not testify with them, nor follow the desires of those who deny Our signs, and those who do not believe in the Hereafter, and who set up equals with their Lord.
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The Reason for Demanding Testimony from the Jews:
Here, testimony means testimony based on certainty, and that is, they should testify that indeed such and such things Allah has declared lawful or unlawful for such and such people. Obviously, they could not give such testimony. However, if some people stubbornly insist on giving false testimony, then you should not side with them. This testimony is not being demanded from them so that if they give it, you would accept their word, but rather it is being demanded so that when they are unable to present such testimony, perhaps some people of sound mind may refrain from such polytheistic customs which are entirely based on superstitions and conjecture. And only those people can be ready to give such false testimony who do not believe in the Day of the Hereafter and in being answerable for their deeds before Allah. Such people are the ones who deny the signs of Allah and, by taking the rulings of lawful and unlawful into their own hands, set themselves up as equals to Allah.
[164]
The Reason for Demanding Testimony from the Jews:
Here, testimony means testimony based on certainty, and that is, they should testify that indeed such and such things Allah has declared lawful or unlawful for such and such people. Obviously, they could not give such testimony. However, if some people stubbornly insist on giving false testimony, then you should not side with them. This testimony is not being demanded from them so that if they give it, you would accept their word, but rather it is being demanded so that when they are unable to present such testimony, perhaps some people of sound mind may refrain from such polytheistic customs which are entirely based on superstitions and conjecture. And only those people can be ready to give such false testimony who do not believe in the Day of the Hereafter and in being answerable for their deeds before Allah. Such people are the ones who deny the signs of Allah and, by taking the rulings of lawful and unlawful into their own hands, set themselves up as equals to Allah.
