The Table, The Table Spread — Verse 108

5:108 · al-Ma`idah

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The Table, The Table Spread 5:108

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Arabic English Morphology
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika
That Noun
أَدْنَىٰٓ adnā
(is) closer Noun
أَن an
that Prep
يَأْتُوا۟ yatū
they will give V
بِٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ bil-shahādati
the testimony Noun
عَلَىٰ ʿalā
in Prep
وَجْهِهَآ wajhihā
its (true) form Noun
أَوْ aw
or Prep
يَخَافُوٓا۟ yakhāfū
they would fear V
أَن an
that Prep
تُرَدَّ turadda
will be refuted V
أَيْمَٰنٌۢ aymānun
their oaths Noun
بَعْدَ baʿda
after Noun
أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ aymānihim
their (others) oaths Noun
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ wa-ittaqū
And fear V
ٱللَّهَ l-laha
Allah Noun
وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ wa-is'maʿū
and listen V
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu
and Allah Noun
لَا lā
(does) not Prep
يَهْدِى yahdī
guide V
ٱلْقَوْمَ l-qawma
the people Noun
ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ l-fāsiqīna
the defiantly disobedient Noun

that will make it more likely they will give true and proper testimony, or fear that their oaths might be refuted by others afterwards. Be mindful of God and listen; God does not guide those who break His laws

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

ذَ ٰلِكَ أَدۡنَىٰۤ أَن یَأۡتُوا۟ بِٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهَاۤ أَوۡ یَخَافُوۤا۟ أَن تُرَدَّ أَیۡمَـٰنُۢ بَعۡدَ أَیۡمَـٰنِهِمۡۗ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسۡمَعُوا۟ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا یَهۡدِی ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَـٰسِقِینَ ۝١٠٨

dhālika adnā an yatū bil-shahādati ʿalā wajhihā aw yakhāfū an turadda aymānun baʿda aymānihim wa-ittaqū l-laha wa-is'maʿū wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīn

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