The Holy Quran 4:105 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِتَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِمَآ أَرَىٰكَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَلَا تَكُن لِّلْخَآئِنِينَ خَصِيمًا

Translation

(When the guilty party in a theft asked Rasulullaah ﷺ to plead their case for them, he considered doing so because the opposite party did not have sufficient evidence. It was then that Allaah revealed the verse stating,) Undoubtedly We have revealed to you (O Muhammad ﷺ) the Book (the Qur'aan) with the truth so that you may judge between people (the righteous from the evil and the Mu'min from the Kuffaar) by that which Allaah has shown you. Do not be an advocate for the treacherous ones (do not defend the guilty).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The story of a Muslim thief and a Jew: when anyone among the hypocrites and those weak in Islam committed some sin or wrong, they would, in order to escape punishment and disgrace, fabricate stratagems and present the matter to the Prophet ﷺ in such a way that he ﷺ would consider them innocent; indeed, they would strive to fasten the accusation on someone…

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