# Quran 5:108 — Surah Al-Mai'dah (The Spread Table), Verse 108

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
ذَٰلِكَ أَدۡنَىٰٓ أَن يَأۡتُواْ بِٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهَآ أَوۡ يَخَافُوٓاْ أَن تُرَدَّ أَيۡمَٰنُۢ بَعۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡۗ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسۡمَعُواْۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
ذٰلِكَ اَدْنٰۤی اَنْ یَّاْتُوْا بِالشَّهَادَةِ عَلٰی وَجْهِهَاۤ اَوْ یَخَافُوْۤا اَنْ تُرَدَّ اَیْمَانٌ بَعْدَ اَیْمَانِهِمْ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاسْمَعُوْا وَاللّٰهُ لَا یَهْدِی الْقَوْمَ الْفٰسِقِیْنَ 

## Transliteration
Zaalika adnaaa ai ya'too bishshahaadati 'alaa wajhihaaa aw yakhaafooo an turadda aimaanum ba'da aimaanihim; wattaqul laaha wasma'oo; wallaahu laa yahdil qawmal faasiqeen

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> That is most suitable: that they may give the evidence in its true nature and shape, or else they would fear that other oaths would be taken after their oaths. But fear Allah, and listen (to His counsel): for Allah guideth not a rebellious people:

**Citation:** Quran, Surah Al-Mai'dah 5:108 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Context:** Surah Al-Mai'dah is a medinan surah with 120 ayahs. Full surah: https://deen.global/quran/surah-al-mai-dah.md
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