Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 94
| وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا السُّوءَ بِمَا صَدَدْتُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- laa tattakhidho aymaan -kum dakhal(an) bayna -kum fa- tazill qadam bacda thubot -haa wa- tadhoqo as- so' bi- maa s.adadtum can sabel 'allaah wa- la- -kum cadhaab caz.em |
| 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. |
| Asad | : | And do not use your oaths as a means of deceiving one another - or else [your] foot will slip after having been firm,119 and then you will have to taste the evil [consequences]120 of your having turned away from the path of God, with tremendous suffering awaiting you [in the life to come]. |
| Malik | : | O believers! Do not take oaths to deceive each other, lest your foot slip after being firmly fixed upon guidance; and taste the evil consequences for debarring others from the Way of Allah and incur a mighty punishment. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | And take not your oaths to practice 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. 2134 |
Note - 119I.e., "you will offend against God after having attained
to faith", seeing that - as has been pointed out in note
[110] above - every pledge given by man to man is
synonymous with a pledge to God.
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Note - 120I.e., in this world (Tabari, Zamakhshari, Baydawi),
inasmuch as the breaking of pledges unavoidably leads to
a gradual disappearance of all mutual trust and, thus, to
the decomposition of the social fabric.
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Note - 2134In xvi. 92, above, the motive for false and fraudulent
covenants was pointed out with reprobation. Now are
pointed out the consequences, viz., (1) to others, if
they had not been deceived, they might have walked firmly
on the Path, but now they lose faith and perhaps commit
like frauds for which you will be responsible; (2) to
yourselves; you have not only gone wrong yourselves; but
have set others on the wrong path; and you deserve a
double Penalty. Perhaps the "evil consequences" refer to
this world, and the "Wrath" to the Hereafter.
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I.e., "you will offend against God after having attained to faith", seeing that - as has been pointed out in note [110] above - every pledge given by man to man is synonymous with a pledge to God. |
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In xvi. 92, above, the motive for false and fraudulent covenants was pointed out with reprobation. Now are pointed out the consequences, viz., (1) to others, if they had not been deceived, they might have walked firmly on the Path, but now they lose faith and perhaps commit like frauds for which you will be responsible; (2) to yourselves; you have not only gone wrong yourselves; but have set others on the wrong path; and you deserve a double Penalty. Perhaps the "evil consequences" refer to this world, and the "Wrath" to the Hereafter. |
