Surah 4 · Verse 135

يَٓاyāOاَيُّهَاʾaayyuhāyouالَّذ۪ينَalladhīnawhoاٰمَنُواāmanūbelieve[d]كُونُواkūnūBeقَوَّام۪ينَqawwāmīnacustodiansبِالْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭiof justiceشُهَدَٓاءَshuhadāa(as) witnessesلِلّٰهِlillahito Allahوَلَوْwalaweven ifعَلٰٓىʿalā(it is) againstاَنْفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselvesاَوِawiorالْوَالِدَيْنِl-wālidaynithe parentsوَالْاَقْرَب۪ينَۚwal-aqrabīnaand the relativesاِنْinifيَكُنْyakunhe beغَنِياًّghaniyyanrichاَوْaworفَق۪يراًfaqīranpoorفَاللّٰهُfal-lahufor Allahاَوْلٰىawlā(is) nearerبِهِمَاbihimāto both of themفَلَاfalāSo (do) notتَتَّبِعُواtattabiʿūfollowالْهَوٰٓىl-hawāthe desireاَنْanlestتَعْدِلُواۚtaʿdilūyou deviateوَاِنْwa-inAnd ifتَلْـوُٓ۫اtalwūyou distortاَوْaworتُعْرِضُواtuʿ'riḍūrefrainفَاِنَّfa-innathen indeedاللّٰهَl-lahaAllahكَانَkānaisبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou doخَب۪يراًkhabīranAll-Aware