O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown
to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is
being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allah has pardoned that which
is past; and Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
Allah has not appointed [such innovations as] bahirah or sa'ibah or
wasilah or ham. But those who disbelieve invent falsehood about Allah, and
most of them do not reason.
And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the
Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our
fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?
O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves.
Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided. To
Allah is your return all together; then He will inform you of what you
used to do.
O you who have believed, testimony [should be taken] among you when death
approaches one of you at the time of bequest - [that of] two just men from
among you or two others from outside if you are traveling through the land
and the disaster of death should strike you. Detain them after the prayer
and let them both swear by Allah if you doubt [their testimony, saying],
"We will not exchange our oath for a price, even if he should be a near
relative, and we will not withhold the testimony of Allah . Indeed, we
would then be of the sinful."
But if it is found that those two were guilty of perjury, let two others
stand in their place [who are] foremost [in claim] from those who have a
lawful right. And let them swear by Allah, "Our testimony is truer than
their testimony, and we have not transgressed. Indeed, we would then be of
the wrongdoers."
That is more likely that they will give testimony according to its [true]
objective, or [at least] they would fear that [other] oaths might be taken
after their oaths. And fear Allah and listen; and Allah does not guide the
defiantly disobedient people.
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