1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

إِنْ‏ أَنتُمْ‏ ضَرَبْتُمْ‏ فِى الا ٌّرْضِ‏ فَأَصَابَتْكُم م ُّصِيبَةُ‏ الْمَوْ‏ ‏ِت
تَحْبِسُونَهُمَا مِن بَعْدِ‏ الص َّلوةِ‏ فَيُقْسِمَانِ‏ بِالل َّهِ‏
if you are traveling through the land and the
calamity of death befalls you. Detain them both
after the Salah (the prayer), (then) if you are in
doubt (about their truthfulness), let them both
swear by Allah (saying):
إِنِ‏ ارْتَبْتُمْ‏ لاَ‏ نَشْتَرِى بِهِ‏ ثَمَناً‏ وَلَوْ‏ آَانَ‏ ذَا قُرْبَى وَلاَ‏ نَكْتُمُ‏
شَهَدَةَ‏ الل َّهِ‏ إِن َّآ إِذَاً‏ ل َّمِنَ‏ الا ٌّثِمِينَ‏
"We wish not for any worldly gain in this, even
though he (the beneficiary) be our near relative. We
shall not hide the testimony of Allah, for then
indeed we should be of the sinful.''
فَإِنْ‏ عُثِرَ‏ عَلَى أَن َّهُمَا اسْتَحَق َّآ إِثْماً‏ فَآخَرَانِ‏ یِقُومَانُ‏
مَقَامَهُمَا مِنَ‏ ال َّذِینَ‏ اسْتَحَق َّ عَلَيْهِمُ‏ الا ٌّوْلَيَا ‏ِن
5:107 If it then becomes known that these two had
been guilty of sin, let two others stand forth in their
places, nearest in kin from among those who claim
a lawful right.
فَيُقْسِمَانِ‏ بِالل َّهِ‏ لَشَهَدَتُنَا أَحَق ُّ مِن شَهَدَتِهِمَا وَمَا اعْتَدَیْنَآ
إِن َّا إِذاً‏ ل َّمِنَ‏ الظ َّلِمِينَ‏
Let them swear by Allah (saying): "We affirm that
our testimony is truer than that of both of them,
and that we have not trespassed (the truth), for
then indeed we should be of the wrongdoers.''
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