Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
Islamic
Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
Qur'an
005.105
Y: O ye who believe! Guard your own souls: If ye follow (right)
guidance, no hurt can come to you from those who stray. To goal of you
all is to Allah: it is He that will show you the truth of all that ye
do.
P: O ye who believe! Ye have charge of your own souls. He who erreth
cannot injure you if ye are rightly guided. Unto Allah ye will all
return; and then He will inform you of what ye used to do.
S: O you who believe! take care of your souls; he who errs cannot hurt
you when you are on the right way; to Allah is your return, of all (of
you), so He will inform you of what you did.
005.106
Y: O ye who believe! When death approaches any of you, (take) witnesses
among yourselves when making bequests,- two just men of your own
(brotherhood) or others from outside if ye are journeying through the
earth, and the chance of death befalls you (thus). If ye doubt (their
truth), detain them both after prayer, and let them both swear by
Allah: "We wish not in this for any worldly gain, even though the
(beneficiary) be our near relation: we shall hide not the evidence
before Allah: if we do, then behold! the sin be upon us!"
P: O ye who believe! Let there be witnesses between you when death
draweth nigh unto one of you, at the time of bequest - two witnesses,
just men from among you, or two others from another tribe, in case ye
are campaigning in the land and the calamity of death befall you. Ye
shall empanel them both after the prayer, and, if ye doubt, they shall
be made to swear by Allah (saying): We will not take a bribe, even
though it were (on behalf of) a near kinsman nor will we hide the
testimony of Allah, for then indeed we should be of the sinful.
S: O you who believe! call to witness between you when death draws nigh
to one of you, at the time of making the will, two just persons from
among you, or two others from among others than you, if you are
travelling in the land and the calamity of death befalls you; the two
(witnesses) you should detain after the prayer; then if you doubt
(them), they shall both swear by Allah, (saying): We will not take for
it a price, though there be a relative, and we will not hide the
testimony of Allah for then certainly we should be among the sinners.
005.107
Y: But if it gets known that these two were guilty of the sin (of
perjury), let two others stand forth in their places,- nearest in kin
from among those who claim a lawful right: let them swear by Allah: "We
affirm that our witness is truer than that of those two, and that we
have not trespassed (beyond the truth): if we did, behold! the wrong be
upon us!"
P: 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.
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