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Quran 16:94

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 94

Juz 14 · Page 278 · Ruku 236 · Meccan

وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَكُمْ دَخَلًۢا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌۢ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Word by word

وَلَا walā And (do) not تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ tattakhidhū take أَيْمَـٰنَكُمْ aymānakum your oaths دَخَلًۢا dakhalan (as) a deception بَيْنَكُمْ baynakum between you فَتَزِلَّ fatazilla lest, should slip قَدَمٌۢ qadamun a foot بَعْدَ baʿda after ثُبُوتِهَا thubūtihā it is firmly planted وَتَذُوقُوا۟ watadhūqū and you would taste ٱلسُّوٓءَ l-sūa the evil بِمَا bimā for what صَدَدتُّمْ ṣadadttum you hindered عَن ʿan from سَبِيلِ sabīli (the) way ٱللَّهِ ۖ l-lahi (of) Allah وَلَكُمْ walakum and for you عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun (is) a punishment عَظِيمٌۭ ʿaẓīmun great

Transliteration

Wala tattakhithoo aymanakumdakhalan baynakum fatazilla qadamun baAAda thubootiha watathooqooassoo-a bima sadadtum AAan sabeeli Allahiwalakum AAathabun AAatheem

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Make not your oaths a deceit between you, lest a foot should slip after being firmly planted and ye should taste evil forasmuch as ye debarred (men) from the way of Allah, and yours should be an awful doom.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And take not your oaths, to practise deception between yourselves, with the result that someone's foot may slip after it was firmly planted, and ye may have to taste the evil (consequences) of having hindered (men) from the Path of Allah, and a Mighty Wrath descend on you.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم حذر تعالى عباده عن اتخاذ الأيمان دخلا أي خديعة ومكرا ؛ لئلا تزل قدم بعد ثبوتها : مثل لمن كان على الاستقامة فحاد عنها وزل عن طريق الهدى ، بسبب الأيمان الحانثة المشتملة على الصد عن سبيل الله ؛ لأن الكافر إذا رأى أن المؤمن قد عاهده ثم غدر به ، لم يبق له وثوق بالدين ، فانصد بسببه عن الدخول في الإسلام ; ولهذا قال : ( وتذوقوا السوء بما صددتم عن سبيل الله ولكم عذاب عظيم )

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.