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An-Nahl 95

Ayah 95 of 128 · Meccan

وَلَا تَشۡتَرُواْ بِعَهۡدِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنٗا قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٩٥

And do not exchange the covenant of Allāh for a small price. Indeed, what is with Allāh is best for you, if only you could know.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَشۡتَرُواْexchangetashtarū
  3. بِعَهۡدِthe covenantbiʿahdi
  4. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  5. ثَمَنٗا(for) a pricethamanan
  6. قَلِيلًاۚlittleqalīlan
  7. إِنَّمَاIndeed, whatinnamā
  8. عِندَ(is) withʿinda
  9. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  10. هُوَithuwa
  11. خَيۡرٞ(is) betterkhayrun
  12. لَّكُمۡfor youlakum
  13. إِنifin
  14. كُنتُمۡyou were (to)kuntum
  15. تَعۡلَمُونَknowtaʿlamūna

Tafsir

Do not exchange the oath you took in Allah’s name for a small amount, not fulfilling the pledge or not being sincere in it. The victory and booty that Allah has in the world and the perpetual bliss that He has in the afterlife is better for you than the small amount that you take for breaking the pledge, if only you knew that.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran