۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ شُهَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوِ ٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ۚ إِن يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا أَوْ فَقِيرًۭا فَٱللَّهُ أَوْلَىٰ بِهِمَا ۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚ وَإِن تَلْوُۥٓا۟ أَوْ تُعْرِضُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًۭا
How to read it
yā'ayyuhā -lladhīna 'āmanū kūnū qawwāmīna bil-qis'ṭi shuhadā'a lillahi walaw' ʻalā 'anfussikum' 'awi l-wāliday'ni wal-'aq'rabīna . 'in yakun' ghaniyyan 'aw' faqīran fa-llahu 'aw'lā bihimā . falā tattabiʻū l-hawā 'an taʻ'dilū . wa'in tal'wu 'aw' tuʻ'riḍū fa'inna -llaha kāna bimā taʻ'malūna khabīran
O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
