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Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 224
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عُرْضَةً لِّأَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ وَتُصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿224﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And make not Allâh’s (Name) an excuse in your oaths against your doing good and acting piously, and making peace among mankind. And Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower (i.e. do not swear much and if you have sworn against doing something good then give an expiation for the oath and do good).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَجْعَلُوا۟
tajʿalū
make
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah's (name)
عُرْضَةًۭ
ʿur'ḍatan
an excuse
لِّأَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ
li-aymānikum
in your oaths
أَن
an
that
تَبَرُّوا۟
tabarrū
you do good
وَتَتَّقُوا۟
watattaqū
and be righteous
وَتُصْلِحُوا۟
watuṣ'liḥū
and make peace
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ
l-nāsi
[the] people
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
سَمِيعٌ
samīʿun
(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌۭ
ʿalīmun
All-Knowing
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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224. And do not make Allah's [300] name an excuse in your oaths to prevent you from doing good, guarding against evil, or making peace among people. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
[300]
Breaking an Oath for a Wrong Deed and Its Expiation:
That is, do not use Allah’s name to make an oath not to do a good deed, thereby bringing disrepute to Allah’s name, such as swearing that you will not speak to your parents, or that you will not treat your wife well, or that you will not give charity to someone, or that you will not reconcile between people. In other words, do not use Allah’s name in evil deeds, and if someone has done so, he should break the oath and pay its expiation. Thus, you ﷺ instructed ‘Abdur Rahman bin Samurah ؓ that if you swear an oath about something and then find that doing otherwise is better, then pay the expiation for your oath and do what you think is better. [بخاري، كتاب الايمان والنذور]
[300]
Breaking an Oath for a Wrong Deed and Its Expiation:
That is, do not use Allah’s name to make an oath not to do a good deed, thereby bringing disrepute to Allah’s name, such as swearing that you will not speak to your parents, or that you will not treat your wife well, or that you will not give charity to someone, or that you will not reconcile between people. In other words, do not use Allah’s name in evil deeds, and if someone has done so, he should break the oath and pay its expiation. Thus, you ﷺ instructed ‘Abdur Rahman bin Samurah ؓ that if you swear an oath about something and then find that doing otherwise is better, then pay the expiation for your oath and do what you think is better. [بخاري، كتاب الايمان والنذور]
