Surah An Nisa Ayat 135 Translation Tafseer

Para 5 - وَ الْمُحْصَنٰتُ

سورة النساء

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

4.135

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا كُوْنُوْا قَوّٰمِیْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ شُهَدَآءَ لِلّٰهِ وَ لَوْ عَلٰۤى اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَوِ الْوَالِدَیْنِ وَ الْاَقْرَبِیْنَۚ-اِنْ یَّكُنْ غَنِیًّا اَوْ فَقِیْرًا فَاللّٰهُ اَوْلٰى بِهِمَا- فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا الْهَوٰۤى اَنْ تَعْدِلُوْاۚ-وَ اِنْ تَلْوٗۤا اَوْ تُعْرِضُوْا فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ خَبِیْرًا(135)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

O you who believe! Be steadfast upon justice as you testify for Allah; even if it is against yourselves, ˹your˺ parents, or ˹close˺ relatives. Whether he (the defendant) is rich or poor, Allah is closer to them in both ˹cases˺. So do not follow your desires lest you are unjust. If you distort ˹the testimony˺ or turn away ˹from it˺, Allah is aware of all that you do.[1]

Commentary

[1]

This verse contains a golden principle of Islam: the command of steadfastness upon justice. There is mention of matters which prevent justice: familial bias, leniency due to affiliation, favouring the rich, and empathy for the poor acting as a cause to wrong others. The command is to uphold the correct ruling while passing judgement or testifying; there should be no bias whatsoever, even if the verdict or testimony goes against one’s parents.

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