ذٰلِكَdhālikaThatاَدْنٰٓىadnā(is) closerاَنْanthatيَأْتُواyatūthey will giveبِالشَّهَادَةِbil-shahādatithe testimonyعَلٰىʿalāinوَجْهِهَٓاwajhihāits (true) formاَوْaworيَخَافُٓواyakhāfūthey would fearاَنْanthatتُرَدَّturaddawill be refutedاَيْمَانٌaymānuntheir oathsبَعْدَbaʿdaafterاَيْمَانِهِمْۜaymānihimtheir (others) oathsوَاتَّقُواwa-ittaqūAnd fearاللّٰهَl-lahaAllahوَاسْمَعُواۜwa-is'maʿūand listenوَاللّٰهُwal-lahuand Allahلَاlā(does) notيَهْدِيyahdīguideالْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleالْفَاسِق۪ينَ۟l-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedientThis is best so that they would bring the testimony on its face value, for fear that their oaths would be discarded after being made. Be aware of God, and listen; God does not guide the wicked people.