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يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنوا كونوا قَوّامينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَداءَ بِالقِسطِ ۖ وَلا يَجرِمَنَّكُم شَنَآنُ قَومٍ عَلىٰ أَلّا تَعدِلُوا ۚ اعدِلوا هُوَ أَقرَبُ لِلتَّقوىٰ ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبيرٌ بِما تَعمَلونَ

Yusuf Ali

O ye who believe! stand out firmly for God, as witnesses1 to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve2 to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God. For God is well-acquainted with all that ye do.
  • Cf. 2:143, 4:135 and 5:44.
  • To do justice and act righteously in a favourable or neutral atmosphere is meritorious enough, but the real test comes when you have to do justice to people who hate you or to whom you have an aversion. But no less is required of you by the higher moral law.