Quran 58:16 — Al-Mujaadila, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They have used their oaths to cover up [their false deeds], and barred others from the path of God. A humiliating torment awaits them-
اتَّخَذُوا أَيْمَانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ
ittakhadhū aymānahum junnatan faṣaddū ʿan sabīli l-lahi falahum ʿadhābun muhīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They have taken their oaths as a covering, and barred from God's way; so there awaits them a humbling chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- they have made their oaths a cover [for their falseness], and thus they turn others away from the path of God: hence, shameful suffering awaits them.
- Sahih International
- They took their [false] oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh, and for them is a humiliating punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ittakhadhū | They have taken | أخذ |
| 2 | أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْaymānahum | their oaths | يمن |
| 3 | جُنَّةًۭjunnatan | (as) a cover | جنن |
| 4 | فَصَدُّوا۟faṣaddū | so they hinder | صدد |
| 5 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 6 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way of Allah | سبل |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (the) way of Allah | أله |
| 8 | فَلَهُمْfalahum | so for them | — |
| 9 | عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 10 | مُّهِينٌۭmuhīnun | humiliating | هون |