Quran Verses about Trustworthiness

۞ وَإِن كُنتُمۡ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٖ وَلَمۡ تَجِدُواْ كَاتِبٗا فَرِهَٰنٞ مَّقۡبُوضَةٞۖ فَإِنۡ أَمِنَ بَعۡضُكُم بَعۡضٗا فَلۡيُؤَدِّ ٱلَّذِي ٱؤۡتُمِنَ أَمَٰنَتَهُۥ وَلۡيَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُۥۗ وَلَا تَكۡتُمُواْ ٱلشَّهَٰدَةَۚ وَمَن يَكۡتُمۡهَا فَإِنَّهُۥٓ ءَاثِمٞ قَلۡبُهُۥۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِيمٞ ٢٨٣

Wa in kuntum ʿalā safariw wa lam tajidū kātiban farihānum maqbūḍah, fa in amina baʿḍukum baʿḍan falyuʾaddil-ladhiʾtumina amānatahū walyattaqillāha rabbah, wa lā taktumush-shahādah, wa may yaktumhā fa innahū āthimun qalbuh, wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīm.

And if you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then a security deposit [should be] taken. And if one of you entrusts another, then let him who is entrusted discharge his trust [faithfully] and let him fear Allāh, his Lord. And do not conceal testimony, for whoever conceals it - his heart is indeed sinful, and Allāh is Knowing of what you do.

۞ وَمِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مَنۡ إِن تَأۡمَنۡهُ بِقِنطَارٖ يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ إِلَيۡكَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ إِن تَأۡمَنۡهُ بِدِينَارٖ لَّا يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ إِلَيۡكَ إِلَّا مَا دُمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِ قَآئِمٗاۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَالُواْ لَيۡسَ عَلَيۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأُمِّيِّـۧنَ سَبِيلٞ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٧٥

Wa min ahlil-kitābi man in taʾmanhu biqinṭāriy yuʾaddihī ilayka wa minhum man in taʾmanhu bidīnāril lā yuʾaddihī ilayka illā mā dumta ʿalayhi qāʾimā, dhālika biʾannahum qālū laysa ʿalaynā fil-ummiyyīna sabīluw wa yaqūlūna ʿalallāhil-kadhiba wa hum yaʿlamūn.

And among the People of the Scripture is he who, if you entrust him with a great amount [of wealth], he will return it to you. And among them is he who, if you entrust him with a [single] coin, he will not return it to you unless you are constantly standing over him [demanding it]. That is because they say, "There is no blame upon us concerning the unlearned."¹ And they speak untruth about Allāh while they know [it].

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأۡمُرُكُمۡ أَن تُؤَدُّواْ ٱلۡأَمَٰنَٰتِ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهَا وَإِذَا حَكَمۡتُم بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَن تَحۡكُمُواْ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ نِعِمَّا يَعِظُكُم بِهِۦٓۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعَۢا بَصِيرٗا ٥٨

Innallāha yaʾmurukum an tuʾaddul-amānāti ilā ahlihā wa idhā ḥakamtum baynan-nāsi an taḥkumū bil-ʿadl, innallāha niʿimmā yaʿiẓukum bih, innallāha kāna samīʿam baṣīrā.

Indeed, Allāh commands you to render trusts to whom they are due and when you judge between people to judge with justice. Excellent is that which Allāh instructs you. Indeed, Allāh is ever Hearing and Seeing.

إِنَّا عَرَضۡنَا ٱلۡأَمَانَةَ عَلَى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلۡجِبَالِ فَأَبَيۡنَ أَن يَحۡمِلۡنَهَا وَأَشۡفَقۡنَ مِنۡهَا وَحَمَلَهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ ظَلُومٗا جَهُولٗا ٧٢

Innā ʿaraḍnal-amānata ʿalas-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-jibāli fa abayna ay yaḥmilnahā wa ashfaqna minhā wa ḥamalahal-insān, innahū kāna ẓalūman jahūlā.

Indeed, We offered the Trust¹ to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.²

لِّيُعَذِّبَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكَٰتِ وَيَتُوبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمَۢا ٧٣

Liyuʿadhdhiballāhul-munāfiqīna wal-munāfiqāti wal-mushrikīna wal-mushrikāti wa yatūballāhu ʿalal-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināt, wa kānallāhu ghafūrar raḥīmā.

[It¹ was] so that Allāh may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the men and women who associate others with Him and that Allāh may accept repentance from the believing men and believing women. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ ٨

Wal-ladhīna hum liʾamānātihim wa ʿahdihim rāʿūn.

And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ ٣٢

Wal-ladhīna hum liʾamānātihim wa ʿahdihim rāʿūn.

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَن يَغُلَّۚ وَمَن يَغۡلُلۡ يَأۡتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّا كَسَبَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ١٦١

Wa mā kāna linabiyyin ay yaghull, wa may yaghlul yaʾti bimā ghalla yawmal-qiyāmah, thumma tuwaffā kullu nafsim mā kasabat wa hum lā yuẓlamūn.

It is not [attributable] to any prophet that he would act unfaithfully [in regard to war booty]. And whoever betrays, [taking unlawfully], will come with what he took on the Day of Resurrection. Then will every soul be [fully] compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لِتَحۡكُمَ بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِمَآ أَرَىٰكَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَلَا تَكُن لِّلۡخَآئِنِينَ خَصِيمٗا ١٠٥

Innā anzalnā ilaykal-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi litaḥkuma baynan-nāsi bimā arākallāh, wa lā takul lil-khāʾinīna khaṣīmā.

Indeed, We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], the Book in truth so you may judge between the people by that which Allāh has shown you. And do not be for the deceitful an advocate.

وَلَا تُجَٰدِلۡ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡتَانُونَ أَنفُسَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَ خَوَّانًا أَثِيمٗا ١٠٧

Wa lā tujādil ʿanil-ladhīna yakhtānūna anfusahum, innallāha lā yuḥibbu man kāna khawwānan athīmā.

And do not argue on behalf of those who deceive themselves. Indeed, Allāh loves not one who is a habitually sinful deceiver.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَخُونُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ وَتَخُونُوٓاْ أَمَٰنَٰتِكُمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٧

Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā takhūnullāha war-rasūla wa takhūnū amānātikum wa antum taʿlamūn.

O you who have believed, do not betray Allāh and the Messenger or betray your trusts while you know [the consequence].

وَإِمَّا تَخَافَنَّ مِن قَوۡمٍ خِيَانَةٗ فَٱنۢبِذۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡخَآئِنِينَ ٥٨

Wa immā takhāfanna min qawmin khiyānatan fanbidh ilayhim ʿalā sawāʾ, innallāha lā yuḥibbul-khāʾinīn.

If you [have reason to] fear from a people betrayal, throw [their treaty] back to them, [putting you] on equal terms.¹ Indeed, Allāh does not like traitors.

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدَٰفِعُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ خَوَّانٖ كَفُورٍ ٣٨

Innallāha yudāfiʿu ʿanil-ladhīna āmanū, innallāha lā yuḥibbu kulla khawwānin kafūr.

Indeed, Allāh defends those who have believed. Indeed, Allāh does not like everyone treacherous and ungrateful.

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لَيۡسَ بِي سَفَاهَةٞ وَلَٰكِنِّي رَسُولٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦٧

Qāla yāqawmi laysa bī safāhatuw wa lākinnī rasūlum mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

[Hūd] said, "O my people, there is not foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.

أُبَلِّغُكُمۡ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّي وَأَنَا۠ لَكُمۡ نَاصِحٌ أَمِينٌ ٦٨

Uballighukum risālāti rabbī wa ana lakum nāṣiḥun amīn.

I convey to you the messages of my Lord, and I am to you a trustworthy adviser.

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٠٧

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn.

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ١٩٣

Nazala bihir-rūḥul-amīn.

The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down

قَالَتۡ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱسۡتَـٔۡجِرۡهُۖ إِنَّ خَيۡرَ مَنِ ٱسۡتَـٔۡجَرۡتَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ٢٦

Qālat iḥdāhumā yāʾabatistaʾjirh, inna khayra manistaʾjartal-qawiyyul-amīn.

One of the women said, "O my father, hire him. Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and the trustworthy."

أَنۡ أَدُّوٓاْ إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٨

An addū ilayya ʿibādallāh, innī lakum rasūlun amīn.

[Saying], "Render to me the servants of Allāh.¹ Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger,"

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩

Innahū laqawlu rasūlin karīm.

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠

Dhī quwwatin ʿinda dhil-ʿarshi makīn.

[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١

Muṭāʿin thamma amīn.

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.