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And guard yourselves against a day when no Self will avail another Self in anything, when no intercession will be accepted from it, when no compensation will be taken from it, and when they will not be helped.

And guard yourselves against a day when no Self will avail another Self in anything, when no compensation will be accepted from it, when no intercession will benefit it, and when they will not be helped.

And let a scribe write it between you with justice,

And if he upon whom the due rests is foolish, or weak, or cannot dictate himself, let his legal guardian dictate, then, with justice.

and if you fear not being just, then only one, or those to whom you are bound by oath.

God orders you to restore trusts to their rightful owners, and, when you judge between men, to judge with justice.

And you will never be able to be just between women, even if you are keen on it;

Whether he be rich or poor, God is closer to them both; so do not follow emotion, to the point of no longer being just.

and let not the hatred of a people drive you to not be just.

Be just: it is closer to guardedness.

And whoever among you kills it intentionally, an equivalent recompense in cattle, as two just ones among you shall decide, as an offering reaching the Ka'ba, or an expiation consisting of feeding the destitute, or the equivalent of that in abstention, so that he may taste the baleful consequences of his deed.

O you who have believed! Testimony between you, when death presents itself to one of you, at the time of the testament: two just ones among you, or two others, outside your circle, if you travel through the land and the calamity of death strikes you.

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Praise be to God, who created the heavens and the earth, and made the darknesses and the light; yet those who disown set up equals to their Guardian.

and even if it offered every compensation, it would not be taken from it.

And the word of your Guardian has been completed, in veracity and in justice.

and do not follow the emotions of those who have denied Our signs, and of those who do not believe in the last life, and who set up equals to their Guardian.

and when you say a saying, be just, even toward a relative;

And among the people of Moussa, there is a community that guides according to the truth and that, by it, acts with justice.

And among those We have created, there is a community that guides according to the truth and that, by it, acts with justice.

And God multiplies an example: two men, one of whom is mute, possessing no power at all, an entire burden upon his nearest guarantor; wherever he sends him, he brings back no good — is that one the equal of one who commands justice and stands upon a straight path?

God commands justice, beneficence, and giving to the close relative,

They are rather a people who set up equals.

And say: "I believe in whatever Scripture God has sent down, and I have been commanded to be just between you.

If it returns, reconcile between them with justice, and be equitable.

and take as witnesses two just ones among you,

O human being! What has deluded you concerning your Guardian, the Generous, who created you, then proportioned you, then balanced you? In whatever form He willed, He assembled you.