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An-Nahl 94

Ayah 94 of 128 · Meccan

وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡ دَخَلَۢا بَيۡنَكُمۡ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمُۢ بَعۡدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُواْ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمۡ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَكُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ٩٤

And do not take your oaths as [means of] deceit between you, lest a foot slip after it was [once] firm, and you would taste evil [in this world] for what [people] you diverted from the way of Allāh,1 and you would have [in the Hereafter] a great punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Referring to those who would be dissuaded from Islām as a result of a Muslim's deceit and treachery.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَتَّخِذُوٓاْtaketattakhidhū
  3. أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡyour oathsaymānakum
  4. دَخَلَۢا(as) a deceptiondakhalan
  5. بَيۡنَكُمۡbetween youbaynakum
  6. فَتَزِلَّlest, should slipfatazilla
  7. قَدَمُۢa footqadamun
  8. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  9. ثُبُوتِهَاit is firmly plantedthubūtihā
  10. وَتَذُوقُواْand you would tastewatadhūqū
  11. ٱلسُّوٓءَthe evill-sūa
  12. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  13. صَدَدتُّمۡyou hinderedṣadadttum
  14. عَنfromʿan
  15. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  16. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  17. وَلَكُمۡand for youwalakum
  18. عَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  19. عَظِيمٞgreatʿaẓīmun

Tafsir

Do not make your oaths a means of deception thereby allowing you to trick and deceive one another, following your desires - breaking them whenever you wish and fulfilling them when you wish. If you do so your feet will slip from the straight path after being firm on it. You will taste the punishment on account of your deviation from Allah’s path and your misleading others from it and you will receive multiplied punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran