Containing some other commandments, this verse (NO. 283) is a complementary to the previous one. The commandments are as follows:

      1- If you are on a journey, and you cannot find a scribe, a pledge is to be taken. (A BAILMENT OF CHATTEL OR OBJECT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AS SECURITY FOR THE SATISFACTION OF A DEBT - WEBSTERS') At home too, if there is no access to a writer; taking a pledge will have no objection.

      2- The pledge should actually be delivered to the creditor.

      3- Then there is the exception of one whom you trust. As for the trustee, neither writing, nor pledge is necessary. On the other hand the trustee has to beware of Allah, and deliver the trust in time and term.

      4- After all, people are addressed in general and called to avoid concealing testimony and evidences, because whoever hides that, his heart is sinful as Allah says in the verse. Evidently the heart is the seat of our secrets and affections. Therefore the sin of concealing testimony, and hiding evidences will affect the innermost of our soul and self, and will also taint our heart and our affections.