Al-Baqarah (The Cow)
Verse 224of 286
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عُرْضَةًۭ لِّأَيْمَٰنِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ وَتُصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿٢٢٤﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And do not make [your oath by] Allah an excuse against being righteous and fearing Allah and making peace among people. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
Word-by-word meaning
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَجْعَلُوا۟tajʿalūmake
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah's (name)
عُرْضَةًۭʿur'ḍatanan excuse
لِّأَيْمَـٰنِكُمْli-aymānikumin your oaths
أَنanthat
تَبَرُّوا۟tabarrūyou do good
وَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand be righteous
وَتُصْلِحُوا۟watuṣ'liḥūand make peace
بَيْنَbaynabetween
ٱلنَّاسِ ۗl-nāsi[the] people
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knowing
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The Prohibition of swearing to abandon a Good DeedAllah commands, `You should not implement your vows in Allah's Name to refrain from pious acts and severing the relations with the relatives, if you swear to abandon such causes.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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