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Quran 16:94

Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), verse 94 of 128 · Juz 14

وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَكُمْ دَخَلًۢا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌۢ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Translations of Quran 16:94
EnglishTalal Itani

And do not use your oaths to deceive one another, so that a foot may not slip after being firm, and you taste misery because you hindered from Allah’s path, and incur a terrible torment.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

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.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Yeminlerinizi aranızda hud'a ve fesada vesile ittihaz etmeyin ki sonra sağlam basmışken bir ayak kayar ve Allah yolundan saptığınız için fena acı tadarsınız, Âhırette de size pek büyük bir azâb olur

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Ne vous servez point de vos serments comme d’un moyen de fraude, de peur que vos pieds, fermement posés, ne viennent à glisser, et que vous n’éprouviez le châtiment pour avoir détourné les autres du sentier de Dieu. Un supplice terrible vous serait réservé.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Bedien u niet van uwe eeden als van een middel om te bedriegen, opdat uw voet, die thans vaststaat, niet uitglijde en opdat gij de straf niet moogt ondervinden, omdat gij u van den weg tot God hebt afgewend, en gij eene gestrenge straf in het volgende leven zoudt lijden.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Non vi servite dei giuramenti come un mezzo di frode, per timore che i vostri piedi, quantunque solidamente piantati, non abbiano a sdrucciolare, e che non dobbiate subire il gastigo per aver distolto gli altri dal sentiere di Dio. Un supplizio terribile vi sarebbe riservato.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.