Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 107 (5:107)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

فَإِنْ عُثِرَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنَّهُمَا ٱسْتَحَقَّآ إِثْمًا فََٔاخَرَانِ يَقُومَانِ مَقَامَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ …

Quran 5:107 is ayah 107 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 125 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:107
فَإِنْعُثِرَعَلَىٰٓأَنَّهُمَاٱسْتَحَقَّآإِثْمًافََٔاخَرَانِيَقُومَانِمَقَامَهُمَامِنَٱلَّذِينَٱسْتَحَقَّعَلَيْهِمُٱلْأَوْلَيَٰنِفَيُقْسِمَانِبِٱللَّهِلَشَهَٰدَتُنَآأَحَقُّمِنشَهَٰدَتِهِمَاوَمَاٱعْتَدَيْنَآإِنَّآإِذًالَّمِنَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ١٠٧
fa-in ʿuthira ʿalā annahumā is'taḥaqqā ith'man faākharāni yaqūmāni maqāmahumā mina alladhīna is'taḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-awlayāni fayuq'simāni bil-lahi lashahādatunā aḥaqqu min shahādatihimā wamā iʿ'tadaynā innā idhan lamina l-ẓālimīna

But if it is found that those two were guilty of sin [i.e., perjury], let two others stand in their place [who are] foremost [in claim] from those who have a lawful right. And let them swear by Allāh, "Our testimony is truer than their testimony, and we have not transgressed. Indeed, we would then be of the wrongdoers."(107)

Word by word

  1. فَإِنْfa-inThen if
  2. عُثِرَʿuthirait is discovered
  3. عَلَىٰٓʿalā(on)
  4. أَنَّهُمَاannahumāthat the two
  5. ٱسْتَحَقَّآis'taḥaqqā(were) guilty
  6. إِثْمًاith'man(of) sin
  7. فََٔاخَرَانِfaākharānithen (let) two others
  8. يَقُومَانِyaqūmānistand
  9. مَقَامَهُمَاmaqāmahumā(in) their place
  10. مِنَminafrom
  11. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  12. ٱسْتَحَقَّis'taḥaqqahave a lawful right
  13. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuover them
  14. ٱلْأَوْلَيَٰنِl-awlayānithe former two
  15. فَيُقْسِمَانِfayuq'simāniand let them both swear
  16. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
  17. لَشَهَٰدَتُنَآlashahādatunāSurely our testimony
  18. أَحَقُّaḥaqqu(is) truer
  19. مِنminthan
  20. شَهَٰدَتِهِمَاshahādatihimātestimony of the other two
  21. وَمَاwamāand not
  22. ٱعْتَدَيْنَآiʿ'tadaynāwe have transgressed
  23. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
  24. إِذًاidhanthen
  25. لَّمِنَlamina(will be) of
  26. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

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