سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 94
وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَكُمْ دَخَلًۢا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌۢ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿94﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And make not your oaths a means of deception among yourselves, lest a foot should slip after being firmly planted, and you may have to taste the evil (punishment in this world) of having hindered (men) from the Path of Allâh (i.e. Belief in the Oneness of Allâh and His Messenger, Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم), and yours will be a great torment (i.e. the Fire of Hell in the Hereafter).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟
tattakhidhū
take
أَيْمَـٰنَكُمْ
aymānakum
your oaths
دَخَلًۢا
dakhalan
(as) a deception
بَيْنَكُمْ
baynakum
between you
فَتَزِلَّ
fatazilla
lest, should slip
قَدَمٌۢ
qadamun
a foot
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
ثُبُوتِهَا
thubūtihā
it is firmly planted
وَتَذُوقُوا۟
watadhūqū
and you would taste
ٱلسُّوٓءَ
l-sūa
the evil
بِمَا
bimā
for what
صَدَدتُّمْ
ṣadadttum
you hindered
عَن
ʿan
from
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَلَكُمْ
walakum
and for you
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
94. 1. Muslims are again being prevented from the aforementioned breach of covenant, lest your moral decline causes someone else to stumble, and disbelievers, seeing your behavior, refrain from accepting Islam, and thus you become guilty of preventing people from the path of Allah and deserving of punishment. Some commentators have taken the pledge to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as the meaning here. That is, by breaking the pledge to the Prophet and then becoming apostate, seeing your intentions, others will also refrain from accepting Islam, and thus you will become deserving of double punishment. (Fath al-Qadeer)
