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الْعَدْلُAl-Adl

A concise English guide: The Just. The full study explains why no short English phrase can exhaust the Arabic Name.

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A transparent first answer

Al-Adl is commonly listed as The Just. Justice is unquestionably central to Qur’anic teaching, and the Qur’an commands justice in many settings. However, the selected ʿadl noun check found no Divine-referent title occurrence. This page must say that clearly.

A true theological teaching and an exact-title occurrence are not the same kind of evidence. We may affirm that اللّٰه (ALLAH) is never unjust on the basis of revelation, while refusing to pretend that fourteen selected ʿadl nouns are fourteen uses of Al-Adl as a Divine Name.

The current release state is therefore HOLD_ZERO_DIVINE_REFERENT_SELECTED_LEMMA. Separate authentic hadith evidence for the individual title would need to be documented and qualified before this page could move beyond the hold.

What the controlled occurrence ledger establishes

The selected search found fourteen raw candidates and all fourteen are valid ʿadl noun records. None refers to اللّٰه (ALLAH) as a title. All fourteen are non-Divine; none is unresolved and none is an extraction false positive.

The complete locator set is 2:48, 2:123, two tokens at 2:282, 4:58, two at 5:95, 5:106, 6:70, 6:115, 16:76, 16:90, 49:9 and 65:2. Their meanings include compensation or ransom, justice or just conduct, just witnesses or people, and equivalence. Context decides which.

Six candidates carry the article within a construction meaning “with/in justice”: both at 2:282, then 4:58, 16:76, 16:90 and 49:9. All six still refer to abstract justice or just conduct, not to اللّٰه (ALLAH). Article-bearing does not automatically mean Divine title.

The basmalah adds zero. Fourteen related verbs form a separate lane and require contextual classification. They must not be added to the noun total or described as title occurrences.

Why the Qur’an panels are thematic rather than title proofs

This page does not present any verse as an exact Divine-name proof because the audited lemma provides none. The controlled justice panels below are therefore labelled as thematic teaching evidence and must not be presented as Al-Adl title occurrences.

Qur’anic Arabic is not typed manually to decorate this hold page. Each thematic panel uses controlled QPC Hafs text, word alignment, named translations and provenance through the established pipeline.

What the fourteen records actually teach

Qur’an study · Al-An‘am

Ayah 6:115

Qur’an source
Arabic Qur’an:
وَتَمَّتۡ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ صِدۡقٗا وَعَدۡلٗاۚ لَّا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ١١٥
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid

A full learner transliteration is not displayed here. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than guessing its sounds from English letters.

Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study

Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.

Contextual gloss, not a complete translation

Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss

وَتَمَّتۡwatammatAnd (has been) fulfilled
كَلِمَتُkalimatu(the) word
رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
صِدۡقٗاṣid'qan(in) truth
وَعَدۡلٗاۚwaʿadlanand justice
لَّاlāNo
مُبَدِّلَmubaddilaone can change
لِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦۚlikalimātihiHis words
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearer
ٱلۡعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knower
Meaning in translation

Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.

Primary · Saheeh International

And the word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can alter His words, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

Compare · M. Pickthall

Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in truth and justice. There is naught that can change His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower.

Compare · A. Yusuf Ali

The word of thy Lord doth find its fulfilment in truth and in justice: None can change His words: for He is the one who heareth and knoweth all.

Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 6:115. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
Reading aids
A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.

Open Qur’an 6:115 and the named translations on Quran.com

Qur’an 6:115 is a thematic justice panel, not an Al-Adl title proof. Its selected ʿadl noun concerns justice in the completed word of the Lord. The target does not grammatically name اللّٰه (ALLAH), so the panel strengthens the justice lesson while leaving the zero-Divine title hold unchanged.

Qur’an study · An-Nisa

Ayah 4:58

Qur’an source
Arabic Qur’an:
۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأۡمُرُكُمۡ أَن تُؤَدُّواْ ٱلۡأَمَٰنَٰتِ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهَا وَإِذَا حَكَمۡتُم بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَن تَحۡكُمُواْ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ نِعِمَّا يَعِظُكُم بِهِۦٓۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعَۢا بَصِيرٗا ٥٨
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid

A full learner transliteration is not displayed here. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than guessing its sounds from English letters.

Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study

Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.

Contextual gloss, not a complete translation

Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss

۞ إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَأۡمُرُكُمۡyamurukumorders you
أَنanto
تُؤَدُّواْtu-addūrender
ٱلۡأَمَٰنَٰتِl-amānātithe trusts
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أَهۡلِهَاahlihātheir owners
وَإِذَاwa-idhāand when
حَكَمۡتُمḥakamtumyou judge
بَيۡنَbaynabetween
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
أَنanto
تَحۡكُمُواْtaḥkumūjudge
بِٱلۡعَدۡلِۚbil-ʿadliwith justice
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
نِعِمَّاniʿimmāexcellently
يَعِظُكُمyaʿiẓukumadvises you
بِهِۦٓۗbihiwith it
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
سَمِيعَۢاsamīʿanAll-Hearing
بَصِيرٗاbaṣīranAll-Seeing
Meaning in translation

Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.

Primary · Saheeh International

Indeed, Allāh commands you to render trusts to whom they are due and when you judge between people to judge with justice. Excellent is that which Allāh instructs you. Indeed, Allāh is ever Hearing and Seeing.

Compare · M. Pickthall

Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye restore deposits to their owners, and, if ye judge between mankind, that ye judge justly. Lo! comely is this which Allah admonisheth you. Lo! Allah is ever Hearer, Seer.

Compare · A. Yusuf Ali

Allah doth command you to render back your Trusts to those to whom they are due; And when ye judge between man and man, that ye judge with justice: Verily how excellent is the teaching which He giveth you! For Allah is He Who heareth and seeth all things.

Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 4:58. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
Reading aids
A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.

Open Qur’an 4:58 and the named translations on Quran.com

Qur’an 4:58 commands trusts to be returned and judgement between people to be carried out with justice. Again, the article-bearing target is the abstract justice noun, not a Divine title. The panel demonstrates why a powerful Divine command must not be counted as an occurrence of the Name.

At 2:48, 2:123 and 6:70, the noun concerns compensation or ransom. At 2:282, 4:58, 6:115, 16:76, 16:90 and 49:9 it concerns justice, truthful balance or just conduct. At 5:95, 5:106 and 65:2 it describes just people or witnesses in context; another 5:95 record concerns equivalence.

This variety shows why an English keyword search is not enough. The same Arabic lemma can function in different constructions. A careful educator names the form, meaning in context and referent instead of announcing a dramatic total.

The raw adjacency system found Al-Waliyy followed by Al-Adl at 2:282. That is not a Divine Name pair. The first term is a human guardian and the second is the abstract justice noun in the instruction to dictate justly. Both sides are non-Divine in this check.

Justice without inventing title evidence

The evidence hold does not make justice unimportant. It makes the method honest. Qur’anic commands to judge fairly, give trusts properly, speak truthfully and avoid oppression remain powerful teachings. They simply belong in a thematic justice lesson unless separate title evidence is authenticated.

Learners should see that precision honours revelation. Inflating a Name count to make a page sound impressive would weaken trust. Saying “the selected lemma has zero Divine referents” is not disrespect; it is refusing to put words into the Qur’an.

Nor should the hold be filled with an unsourced claim from a popular poster. A catalogue tradition can be studied, but its evidence status must be explicit. This page does not authenticate a hadith title without a documented source and qualified guidance.

The Creator and human justice

Human beings are commanded to act justly but remain limited, biased and capable of error. A fair policy, witness or judgement is created conduct. It does not make the person a bearer of a Divine title in the sense being audited here.

Affirming perfect justice for اللّٰه (ALLAH) does not allow us to invent the hidden reason behind every painful event. Nor does it excuse human wrongdoing with “everything happens for a reason”. Oppression must be opposed through truthful, safe and lawful means.

Justice also requires evidence. Rumour, group loyalty and anger cannot become proof. Children and vulnerable people deserve safeguarding, not pressure to accept harm in the name of patience or family reputation.

Living the Qur’anic command to justice

Tell the truth even when it costs social approval. Return trusts. Record agreements carefully. Hear more than one side where it is safe and appropriate. Correct a false statement rather than protecting your group.

Do not confuse equality with identical treatment in every situation; justice considers rights, responsibilities and relevant differences. At the same time, do not use that nuance as a cover for prejudice. Claims require reasons and accountable standards.

Seek qualified help when a case involves law, abuse, health, finance or safeguarding. Spiritual language must support responsible action, not replace it. A person facing immediate danger should contact appropriate emergency or specialist services.

Keep the evidence hold intact in teaching. Say: “This lesson studies justice in the Qur’an; the exact Al-Adl title remains under evidence review.” That sentence is both simple and honest.

A worked evidence-hold method

Evidence holds should be teachable, not hidden in small print. Begin by writing two questions: “Does the Qur’an teach justice?” and “Does this selected noun name اللّٰه (ALLAH) in the audited records?” The answer to the first is yes; the answer to the second is no. Learners often confuse these because the English ideas are close.

Use the fourteen locator cards and classify what each token does. Some concern ransom or compensation; some concern acting or speaking with justice; some identify just witnesses or people; one concerns equivalence. None has a Divine referent. The exercise demonstrates that valid candidates are not false positives simply because they do not prove the desired title.

Next, take the six article-bearing records. Ask whether adding the article settles referent. It does not. In these constructions the words still indicate justice or just conduct. Grammar supplies evidence, but no single feature replaces reading the sentence.

Show the 2:282 machine adjacency only after explaining the verse setting. A nearby human guardian and justice noun can resemble two catalogue labels to software. Human contextual review identifies both as non-Divine here. This is why bulk publication needs a referent gate.

Ask learners to rewrite an inaccurate statement. “Al-Adl appears fourteen times as a Divine Name” becomes: “The audited ʿadl noun appears in fourteen valid records, all with non-Divine meanings such as justice, compensation, equivalence or a just person; the individual title remains under evidence review.” The second sentence is longer because truth sometimes needs qualification.

Finally, discuss what could change the hold. Repetition on websites cannot. A documented authentic hadith or other admissible source must be identified, its Arabic and grading checked, its wording shown to establish the individual title, and appropriately qualified scholars or professionals must sign the evidence decision. Until then, the honest output is a hold.

Assessment should reward restraint. A learner succeeds when they can value Qur’anic justice without manufacturing a title count, explain the article-bearing non-Divine forms and preserve the exact hold wording.

A publication exercise can help editors. Give learners a draft meta description saying, “Discover fourteen Qur’anic appearances of the Divine Name Al-Adl.” They should reject it because it converts non-Divine nouns into title occurrences. A safe description would say that the review examines justice vocabulary and transparently explains why the individual title remains on evidence hold.

Discuss why zero is not failure. A zero result narrows the claim, prevents copied misinformation and tells researchers where further source work is needed. Reliable scholarship sometimes produces a boundary rather than a polished conclusion. Recording that boundary is part of serving readers.

For a practical justice task, learners can check a fictional classroom rule. Who is affected? What evidence justified it? Is there an appeal? Are vulnerable learners protected? The task applies Qur’anic concern for justice without claiming that the rule itself reveals the unseen judgement of اللّٰه (ALLAH).

Close by retrieving the four classification numbers and the exact hold phrase. The learner should also name the false 2:282 pairing and explain why article-bearing form alone never settles Divine referent.

Pronunciation and evidence boundaries

The precision transliteration al-ʿAdl uses a sign for an Arabic throat consonant that English spelling does not reproduce. Learn it from a qualified teacher. Do not turn transliteration into a substitute for Arabic.

Translation is a named human rendering and tafsir is named scholarly explanation. Neither should be merged into the Qur’anic Arabic. The installed thematic panels keep those layers visibly separate and disclose that they teach justice rather than prove a Divine selected-lemma occurrence.

Learn it at your level

First encounter

The Qur’an teaches justice, but this selected word search found no case where the fourteen nouns name اللّٰه (ALLAH).

Ages 5–7 with an adult

Use a fictional sharing problem. Ask what would be fair, then explain that a good action is not automatically a Divine title occurrence.

Ages 8–11

Sort example cards into compensation, justice, just person and equivalence. Keep “Divine title” empty.

Ages 12–15

Explain why six article-bearing nouns still remain non-Divine.

Ages 16+ and adults

Defend the HOLD_ZERO_DIVINE_REFERENT_SELECTED_LEMMA decision and state what new evidence would be needed to change it.

Adult and teacher guide

Start by asking whether a theme and a title are identical evidence claims. Let learners explain the difference. Then retrieve the count: fourteen raw, fourteen valid, zero Divine, fourteen non-Divine.

Use four labelled baskets: compensation, justice/conduct, just person/witness and equivalence. Place locator cards using the controlled classification. The goal is not memorising every verse at once; it is learning why context controls classification.

Ask older learners to investigate the false machine pairing at 2:282. They should identify the human guardian and abstract justice noun. This demonstrates why adjacency without referent review is unsafe.

With children, avoid inviting disclosures about punishment or family favouritism. Use fictional situations. If a child reports harm, follow safeguarding policy. Never use “be patient” to suppress a safety concern.

Review after one day and one week. A correct answer must preserve the zero-Divine hold, not simply repeat that justice is important.

Check your understanding

  1. What is the common catalogue rendering of Al-Adl?
  2. How many raw selected nouns were found?
  3. How many are Divine referents?
  4. What do the records describe?
  5. How many carry the article?
  6. Why are those six not Divine titles?
  7. Why is the 2:282 adjacency not a Divine pair?
  8. What is the exact hold wording?
  9. What evidence could justify later review?
  10. How can a learner practise justice safely?

Frequently asked questions

Does this audit find fourteen Qur’anic uses of Al-Adl as a Divine Name?

No. It finds fourteen valid nouns and all fourteen have non-Divine referents.

Does the article prove a Divine title?

No. Six article-bearing records still mean abstract justice or just conduct.

Does the hold deny that اللّٰه (ALLAH) is just?

No. It separates the theological teaching of perfect justice from an unsupported selected-title count.

Can commands to justice authenticate the title?

Not by themselves. Individual title evidence needs its own documented source and review.

May this page be indexed as settled?

No. It remains a noindex under an explicit evidence hold.

Share this accurately

Shareable summary: Al-Adl is commonly listed as The Just, and justice is central to Qur’anic teaching. Yet the controlled selected-lemma check found fourteen valid ʿadl nouns and zero Divine-title referents. All fourteen concern compensation, justice, just people or equivalence. The page therefore remains on HOLD_ZERO_DIVINE_REFERENT_SELECTED_LEMMA pending separately authenticated evidence.

Sources and review ledger

  • Locators: 2:48; 2:123; 2:282 twice; 4:58; 5:95 twice; 5:106; 6:70; 6:115; 16:76; 16:90; 49:9; 65:2.
  • Classification: fourteen raw; fourteen valid; zero Divine; fourteen non-Divine; zero unresolved; zero false positives.
  • Surface: six article-bearing non-Divine records; zero article-bearing Divine; zero exact Divine title surfaces.
  • False pairing control: Al-Waliyy–Al-Adl at 2:282 is human guardian plus abstract justice.
  • Related lane: fourteen verbs, not title occurrences.
  • Basmalah impact: zero.
  • Release state: HOLD_ZERO_DIVINE_REFERENT_SELECTED_LEMMA; noindex .

Controlled Qur’an evidence record

What the source data establishes

This research panel separates an exact Arabic lemma, its use in a passage, an English translator’s wording, and a claim that the wording functions there as a Divine Name. Those are related questions, but they are not the same count.

Numbered āyah text14

Exact-lemma candidates in the 6,236 numbered āyahs of the Quranic Arabic Corpus.

Outside the basmalah formula14

The same candidate count after removing formula tokens in Qur’an 1:1 and 27:30.

All visible muṣḥaf basmalahs14

Includes the 112 unnumbered sūrah-opening basmalahs where this Name occurs in that formula.

Across the Qur’an7 sūrahs

Candidate lemma distribution, not a theological ranking.

First candidate2:48

Reading order in the numbered text.

Last candidate65:2

Useful for checking that the full corpus was covered.

The best English answer is transparent, not overconfident

Current learner-facing wording: The Just. This remains a short navigation aid. The Arabic Name carries a semantic range and Qur’anic context that one English label cannot exhaust.

These phrases are reading aids from the source data. Tawheed Club does not combine them into a new translation or claim that the most frequent English phrase is automatically the most complete definition.

Representative passages to inspect

These passages are chosen from exact-lemma candidates. Read the whole āyah before deciding who or what the word describes.

Qur’an 2:48Inspect source

وَٱتَّقُواْ يَوۡمٗا لَّا تَجۡزِي نَفۡسٌ عَن نَّفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يُقۡبَلُ مِنۡهَا شَفَٰعَةٞ وَلَا يُؤۡخَذُ مِنۡهَا عَدۡلٞ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٤٨

Saheeh International

And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided.

M. Pickthall

And guard yourselves against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be received from it, nor will they be helped.

A. Yusuf Ali

Then guard yourselves against a day when one soul shall not avail another nor shall intercession be accepted for her, nor shall compensation be taken from her, nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).

Qur’an 2:123Inspect source

وَٱتَّقُواْ يَوۡمٗا لَّا تَجۡزِي نَفۡسٌ عَن نَّفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يُقۡبَلُ مِنۡهَا عَدۡلٞ وَلَا تَنفَعُهَا شَفَٰعَةٞ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ١٢٣

Saheeh International

And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, and no compensation will be accepted from it, nor will any intercession benefit it, nor will they be aided.

M. Pickthall

And guard (yourselves) against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will compensation be accepted from it, nor will intercession be of use to it; nor will they be helped.

A. Yusuf Ali

Then guard yourselves against a Day when one soul shall not avail another, nor shall compensation be accepted from her nor shall intercession profit her nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).

Qur’an 2:282Inspect source

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِذَا تَدَايَنتُم بِدَيۡنٍ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗى فَٱكۡتُبُوهُۚ وَلۡيَكۡتُب بَّيۡنَكُمۡ كَاتِبُۢ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِۚ وَلَا يَأۡبَ كَاتِبٌ أَن يَكۡتُبَ كَمَا عَلَّمَهُ ٱللَّهُۚ فَلۡيَكۡتُبۡ وَلۡيُمۡلِلِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَلۡيَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُۥ وَلَا يَبۡخَسۡ مِنۡهُ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ فَإِن كَانَ ٱلَّذِي عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡحَقُّ سَفِيهًا أَوۡ ضَعِيفًا أَوۡ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُ أَن يُمِلَّ هُوَ فَلۡيُمۡلِلۡ وَلِيُّهُۥ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِۚ وَٱسۡتَشۡهِدُواْ شَهِيدَيۡنِ مِن رِّجَالِكُمۡۖ فَإِن لَّمۡ يَكُونَا رَجُلَيۡنِ فَرَجُلٞ وَٱمۡرَأَتَانِ مِمَّن تَرۡضَوۡنَ مِنَ ٱلشُّهَدَآءِ أَن تَضِلَّ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا فَتُذَكِّرَ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰۚ وَلَا يَأۡبَ ٱلشُّهَدَآءُ إِذَا مَا دُعُواْۚ وَلَا تَسۡـَٔمُوٓاْ أَن تَكۡتُبُوهُ صَغِيرًا أَوۡ كَبِيرًا إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ أَقۡسَطُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأَقۡوَمُ لِلشَّهَٰدَةِ وَأَدۡنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَرۡتَابُوٓاْ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ تِجَٰرَةً حَاضِرَةٗ تُدِيرُونَهَا بَيۡنَكُمۡ فَلَيۡسَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ جُنَاحٌ أَلَّا تَكۡتُبُوهَاۗ وَأَشۡهِدُوٓاْ إِذَا تَبَايَعۡتُمۡۚ وَلَا يُضَآرَّ كَاتِبٞ وَلَا شَهِيدٞۚ وَإِن تَفۡعَلُواْ فَإِنَّهُۥ فُسُوقُۢ بِكُمۡۗ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۖ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ ٱللَّهُۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٞ ٢٨٢

Saheeh International

O you who have believed, when you contract a debt for a specified term, write it down. And let a scribe write [it] between you in justice. Let no scribe refuse to write as Allāh has taught him. So let him write and let the one who has the obligation [i.e., the debtor] dictate. And let him fear Allāh, his Lord, and not leave anything out of it. But if the one who has the obligation is of limited understanding or weak or unable to dictate himself, then let his guardian dictate in justice. And bring to witness two witnesses from among your men. And if there are not two men [available], then a man and two women from those whom you accept as witnesses – so that if one of them [i.e., the women] errs, then the other can remind her. And let not the witnesses refuse when they are called upon. And do not be [too] weary to write it, whether it is small or large, for its [specified] term. That is more just in the sight of Allāh and stronger as evidence and more likely to prevent doubt between you, except when it is an immediate transaction which you conduct among yourselves. For [then] there is no blame upon you if you do not write it. And take witnesses when you conclude a contract. Let no scribe be harmed or any witness. For if you do so, indeed, it is [grave] disobedience in you. And fear Allāh. And Allāh teaches you. And Allāh is Knowing of all things.

M. Pickthall

O ye who believe! When ye contract a debt for a fixed term, record it in writing. Let a scribe record it in writing between you in (terms of) equity. No scribe should refuse to write as Allah hath taught him, so let him write, and let him who incurreth the debt dictate, and let him observe his duty to Allah his Lord, and diminish naught thereof. But if he who oweth the debt is of low understanding, or weak, or unable himself to dictate, then let the guardian of his interests dictate in (terms of) equity. And call to witness, from among your men, two witnesses. And if two men be not (at hand) then a man and two women, of such as ye approve as witnesses, so that if the one erreth (through forgetfulness) the other will remember. And the witnesses must not refuse when they are summoned. Be not averse to writing down (the contract) whether it be small or great, with (record of) the term thereof. That is more equitable in the sight of Allah and more sure for testimony, and the best way of avoiding doubt between you; save only in the case when it is actual merchandise which ye transfer among yourselves from hand to hand. In that case it is no sin for you if ye write it not. And have witnesses when ye sell one to another, and let no harm be done to scribe or witness. If ye do (harm to them) lo! it is a sin in you. Observe your duty to Allah. Allah is teaching you. And Allah is knower of all things.

A. Yusuf Ali

O ye who believe! When ye deal with each other, in transactions involving future obligations in a fixed period of time, reduce them to writing Let a scribe write down faithfully as between the parties: let not the scribe refuse to write: as Allah Has taught him, so let him write. Let him who incurs the liability dictate, but let him fear His Lord Allah, and not diminish aught of what he owes. If they party liable is mentally deficient, or weak, or unable Himself to dictate, Let his guardian dictate faithfully, and get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such as ye choose, for witnesses, so that if one of them errs, the other can remind her. The witnesses should not refuse when they are called on (For evidence). Disdain not to reduce to writing (your contract) for a future period, whether it be small or big: it is juster in the sight of Allah, More suitable as evidence, and more convenient to prevent doubts among yourselves but if it be a transaction which ye carry out on the spot among yourselves, there is no blame on you if ye reduce it not to writing. But take witness whenever ye make a commercial contract; and let neither scribe nor witness suffer harm. If ye do (such harm), it would be wickedness in you. So fear Allah; For it is Good that teaches you. And Allah is well acquainted with all things. If ye are on a journey, and cannot find a scribe, a pledge with possession (may serve the purpose). And if one of you deposits a thing on trust with another, let the trustee (faithfully) discharge his trust, and let him Fear his Lord conceal not evidence; for whoever conceals it, – his heart is tainted with sin. And Allah knoweth all that ye do.

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