Quran 16:94 — An-Nahl, verse 94
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not use your oaths to deceive each other lest any foot should slip after being firmly placed and lest you should taste the penalty for having hindered others from the path of God, and suffer terrible torment.
وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا السُّوءَ بِمَا صَدَدْتُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
walā tattakhidhū aymānakum dakhalan baynakum fatazilla qadamun baʿda thubūtihā watadhūqū l-sūa bimā ṣadadttum ʿan sabīli l-lahi walakum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Take not your oaths as mere mutual deceit, lest any foot should slip after it has stood firm, and you should taste evil, for that you barred from the way of God, and lest there should await you a mighty chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- And do not use your oaths as a means of deceiving one another-or else [your] foot will slip after having been firm, and then you will have to taste the evil [consequences] of your having turned away from the path of God, with tremendous suffering awaiting you [in the life to come].
- Sahih International
- 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, and you would have [in the Hereafter] a great punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhū | take | أخذ |
| 3 | أَيْمَـٰنَكُمْaymānakum | your oaths | يمن |
| 4 | دَخَلًۢاdakhalan | (as) a deception | دخل |
| 5 | بَيْنَكُمْbaynakum | between you | بين |
| 6 | فَتَزِلَّfatazilla | lest, should slip | زلل |
| 7 | قَدَمٌۢqadamun | a foot | قدم |
| 8 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 9 | ثُبُوتِهَاthubūtihā | it is firmly planted | ثبت |
| 10 | وَتَذُوقُوا۟watadhūqū | and you would taste | ذوق |
| 11 | ٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūa | the evil | سوأ |
| 12 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 13 | صَدَدتُّمْṣadadttum | you hindered | صدد |
| 14 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 15 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 16 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 17 | وَلَكُمْwalakum | and for you | — |
| 18 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 19 | عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmun | great | عظم |