Quran 2:224 — Al-Baqara, verse 224
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Believers], do not allow your oaths in God’s name to hinder you from doing good, being mindful of God and making peace between people. God hears and knows everything:
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا اللَّهَ عُرْضَةً لِأَيْمَانِكُمْ أَنْ تَبَرُّوا وَتَتَّقُوا وَتُصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
walā tajʿalū l-laha ʿur'ḍatan li-aymānikum an tabarrū watattaqū watuṣ'liḥū bayna l-nāsi wal-lahu samīʿun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Do not make God a hindrance, through your oaths, to being pious and godfearing, and putting things right between men. Surely God is All-hearing, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND DO NOT allow your oaths in the name of God to become an obstacle to virtue and God-consciousness and the promotion of peace between men: for God is all-hearing, all-knowing.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَجْعَلُوا۟tajʿalū | make | جعل |
| 3 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah's (name) | أله |
| 4 | عُرْضَةًۭʿur'ḍatan | an excuse | عرض |
| 5 | لِّأَيْمَـٰنِكُمْli-aymānikum | in your oaths | يمن |
| 6 | أَنan | that | — |
| 7 | تَبَرُّوا۟tabarrū | you do good | برر |
| 8 | وَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqū | and be righteous | وقي |
| 9 | وَتُصْلِحُوا۟watuṣ'liḥū | and make peace | صلح |
| 10 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 11 | ٱلنَّاسِ ۗl-nāsi | [the] people | نوس |
| 12 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 13 | سَمِيعٌsamīʿun | (is) All-Hearing | سمع |
| 14 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | All-Knowing | علم |