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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 94 (16:94)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَكُمْ دَخَلًۢا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌۢ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا۟ …

Quran 16:94 is ayah 94 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 278 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:94
وَلَاتَتَّخِذُوٓا۟أَيْمَٰنَكُمْدَخَلًۢابَيْنَكُمْفَتَزِلَّقَدَمٌۢبَعْدَثُبُوتِهَاوَتَذُوقُوا۟ٱلسُّوٓءَبِمَاصَدَدتُّمْعَنسَبِيلِٱللَّهِ ۖوَلَكُمْعَذَابٌعَظِيمٌ٩٤
walā tattakhidhū aymānakum dakhalan baynakum fatazilla qadamun baʿda thubūtihā watadhūqū l-sūa bimā ṣadadttum ʿan sabīli l-lahi walakum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

And do not take your oaths as [means of] deceit between you, lest a foot slip after it was [once] firm, and you would taste evil [in this world] for what [people] you diverted from the way of Allāh, and you would have [in the Hereafter] a great punishment.(94)

Word by word

  1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  2. تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhūtake
  3. أَيْمَٰنَكُمْaymānakumyour oaths
  4. دَخَلًۢاdakhalan(as) a deception
  5. بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you
  6. فَتَزِلَّfatazillalest, should slip
  7. قَدَمٌۢqadamuna foot
  8. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  9. ثُبُوتِهَاthubūtihāit is firmly planted
  10. وَتَذُوقُوا۟watadhūqūand you would taste
  11. ٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūathe evil
  12. بِمَاbimāfor what
  13. صَدَدتُّمْṣadadttumyou hindered
  14. عَنʿanfrom
  15. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
  16. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
  17. وَلَكُمْwalakumand for you
  18. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  19. عَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat

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