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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 225 (2:225)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغْوِ فِىٓ أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا كَسَبَتْ …

Quran 2:225 is ayah 225 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 36 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:225
لَّايُؤَاخِذُكُمُٱللَّهُبِٱللَّغْوِفِىٓأَيْمَٰنِكُمْوَلَٰكِنيُؤَاخِذُكُمبِمَاكَسَبَتْقُلُوبُكُمْ ۗوَٱللَّهُغَفُورٌحَلِيمٌ٢٢٥
lā yuākhidhukumu l-lahu bil-laghwi fī aymānikum walākin yuākhidhukum bimā kasabat qulūbukum wal-lahu ghafūrun ḥalīmun

Allāh does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned. And Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing.(225)

Word by word

  1. لَّاlāNot
  2. يُؤَاخِذُكُمُyuākhidhukumuwill take you to task
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  4. بِٱللَّغْوِbil-laghwifor (what is) unintentional
  5. فِىٓfīin
  6. أَيْمَٰنِكُمْaymānikumyour oaths
  7. وَلَٰكِنwalākin[and] but
  8. يُؤَاخِذُكُمyuākhidhukumHe takes you to task
  9. بِمَاbimāfor what
  10. كَسَبَتْkasabat(have) earned
  11. قُلُوبُكُمْ ۗqulūbukumyour hearts
  12. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  13. غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  14. حَلِيمٌḥalīmunMost Forbearing

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