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Al-Baqarah 224

Ayah 224 of 286 · Medinan

وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ ٱللَّهَ عُرۡضَةٗ لِّأَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡ أَن تَبَرُّواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ وَتُصۡلِحُواْ بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِۚ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ ٢٢٤

And do not make [your oath by] Allāh an excuse against being righteous and fearing Allāh and making peace among people. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَجۡعَلُواْmaketajʿalū
  3. ٱللَّهَAllah's (name)l-laha
  4. عُرۡضَةٗan excuseʿur'ḍatan
  5. لِّأَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡin your oathsli-aymānikum
  6. أَنthatan
  7. تَبَرُّواْyou do goodtabarrū
  8. وَتَتَّقُواْand be righteouswatattaqū
  9. وَتُصۡلِحُواْand make peacewatuṣ'liḥū
  10. بَيۡنَbetweenbayna
  11. ٱلنَّاسِۚ[the] peoplel-nāsi
  12. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  13. سَمِيعٌ(is) All-Hearingsamīʿun
  14. عَلِيمٞAll-Knowingʿalīmun

Tafsir

Do not use the name of Allah in your oath as an excuse for not doing good e.g. being mindful of Him, being virtuous, and reconciling between people. Yet if you have taken an oath not to do any good actions, then do good actions and make a compensation for the oath. Allah hears your statements and knows your actions and will reward you for them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran