Quran 16:94 Surah Nahl ayat 94 Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English
﴿وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا السُّوءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ﴾
[ النحل: 94]
16:94 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 Allah, and you would have [in the Hereafter] a great punishment.
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Quran 16:94 Tafsir Al-Jalalayn
And do not make your oaths a means of deceit between you — He repeats this here for emphasis — lest a foot should slip that is lest your feet should slip off the path of Islam after being steady having been set upon it and lest you should taste evil that is chastisement forasmuch as you barred people from the way of God in other words for your refraining to fulfil covenants or barring others from doing this since your custom once established will be followed by others and there be a tremendous chastisement for you in the Hereafter.
Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
And do not carelessly use your oaths among yourselves to practise deception lest ones foot should slide and lose its hold after it has been holding in a stable position and you suffer the evil consequence for precluding Allahs spirit of truth from guiding into all truth and you suffer the torment laid upon the damned
Quran 16:94 Tafsir Ibn Kathir
If Allah had willed, He would have made all of Humanity one Nation
Allah says:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ
( And had Allah willed, He would have made you ) meaning - O mankind,
أُمَّةً وَحِدَةً
( (all ) one nation,) This is like the Ayah:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا
( And had your Lord willed, all of those on earth would have believed together. ) 10:99, meaning, He could have created harmony among them, and there would not be any differences, conflicts or hatred between them.
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلاَ يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ
إِلاَّ مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ وَلِذلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ
( And if your Lord had so willed, He would surely, have made mankind one Ummah nation or community, but they will not cease to disagree.
Except him on whom your Lord has bestowed His mercy, and for that did He create them. ) ( 11:118-119 ) Similarly, Allah says here:
وَلـكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ
( but He allows whom He wills to stray and He guides whom He wills.
) Then on the Day of Resurrection, He will ask them all about their deeds, and will reward or punish them even equal to a scalish thread in the long slit of a date stone or the size of a speck on the back of a date stone, or even a thin membrane of the date stone.
The Prohibition on taking an Oath for Purposes of Treachery
Then Allah warns His servant against taking oaths as means of deception, i.e., using them for treacherous purposes, lest a foot should slip after being firmly planted.
This is an analogy describing one who was on the right path but then deviated and slipped from the path of guidance because of an unfulfilled oath that involved hindering people from the path of Allah.
This is because if a disbeliever were to find that after having agreed to a covenant, then the believer betrayed him, then the believer will have hindered him from entering Islam.
Thus Allah says:
وَتَذُوقُواْ الْسُّوءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
( and you taste the evil of having hindered from the path of Allah, and you will suffer a terrible punishment. )
Do not break Oaths for the sake of Worldly Gain
Then Allah says:
وَلاَ تَشْتَرُواْ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلاً
( And do not use an oath by Allah for the purchase of little value. ) meaning, do not neglect an oath sworn in the Name of Allah for the sake of this world and its attractions, for they are few, and even if the son of Adam were to gain this world and all that is in it, that which is with Allah is better for him, i.e., the reward of Allah is better for the one who puts his hope in Him, believes in Him, seeks Him and fulfills his oaths in the hope of that which Allah has promised.
This is why Allah says:
إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَمَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ
( if you only knew.
Whatever you have will be exhausted, ) meaning, it will come to an end and will vanish, because it is only there for a certain, limited time.
وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ
( and what is with Allah will remain. ) meaning, His reward for you in Paradise will remain, without interruption or end, because it is eternal and will never change nor disappear.
وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ
( And to those who are patient, We will certainly grant them their rewards in proportion to the best of what they used to do.
) Here the Lord swears, with the Lam of affirmation, that He will reward the patient for the best of their deeds, i.e., He will forgive them for their bad deeds.
Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(16:94) And (O Muslims,) do not make your oaths the means of deceiving one another lest (someone's) foot should slip after being firmly fixed *95 and you may suffer the consequences of debarring other people from the Way of Allah, and undergo a severe torment.
And do not take your oaths as meaning
*95) That is, " Someone,who might have been convinced of Islam, seeing your dishonest conduct should become disgusted and hold back from joining the Believers " .For he might argue like this: " As these Muslims are not much different from the disbelievers in their morals and dealings, there is no reason why I should join them.
"
Tafsir Maarif-ul-Quran Mufti Muhammad Shafi
If Allah had willed, He would have made all of Humanity one Nation
Allah says:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ
( And had Allah willed, He would have made you ) meaning - O mankind,
أُمَّةً وَحِدَةً
( (all ) one nation,) This is like the Ayah:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا
( And had your Lord willed, all of those on earth would have believed together. ) 10:99, meaning, He could have created harmony among them, and there would not be any differences, conflicts or hatred between them.
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلاَ يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ
إِلاَّ مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ وَلِذلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ
( And if your Lord had so willed, He would surely, have made mankind one Ummah nation or community, but they will not cease to disagree.
Except him on whom your Lord has bestowed His mercy, and for that did He create them. ) ( 11:118-119 ) Similarly, Allah says here:
وَلـكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ
( but He allows whom He wills to stray and He guides whom He wills.
) Then on the Day of Resurrection, He will ask them all about their deeds, and will reward or punish them even equal to a scalish thread in the long slit of a date stone or the size of a speck on the back of a date stone, or even a thin membrane of the date stone.
The Prohibition on taking an Oath for Purposes of Treachery
Then Allah warns His servant against taking oaths as means of deception, i.e., using them for treacherous purposes, lest a foot should slip after being firmly planted.
This is an analogy describing one who was on the right path but then deviated and slipped from the path of guidance because of an unfulfilled oath that involved hindering people from the path of Allah.
This is because if a disbeliever were to find that after having agreed to a covenant, then the believer betrayed him, then the believer will have hindered him from entering Islam.
Thus Allah says:
وَتَذُوقُواْ الْسُّوءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
( and you taste the evil of having hindered from the path of Allah, and you will suffer a terrible punishment. )
Do not break Oaths for the sake of Worldly Gain
Then Allah says:
وَلاَ تَشْتَرُواْ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلاً
( And do not use an oath by Allah for the purchase of little value. ) meaning, do not neglect an oath sworn in the Name of Allah for the sake of this world and its attractions, for they are few, and even if the son of Adam were to gain this world and all that is in it, that which is with Allah is better for him, i.e., the reward of Allah is better for the one who puts his hope in Him, believes in Him, seeks Him and fulfills his oaths in the hope of that which Allah has promised.
This is why Allah says:
إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَمَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ
( if you only knew.
Whatever you have will be exhausted, ) meaning, it will come to an end and will vanish, because it is only there for a certain, limited time.
وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ
( and what is with Allah will remain. ) meaning, His reward for you in Paradise will remain, without interruption or end, because it is eternal and will never change nor disappear.
وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ
( And to those who are patient, We will certainly grant them their rewards in proportion to the best of what they used to do.
) Here the Lord swears, with the Lam of affirmation, that He will reward the patient for the best of their deeds, i.e., He will forgive them for their bad deeds.
Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
( Make not your oaths ) your pledges ( a deceit ) cheating, plotting and trickery ( between you, lest a foot should slip ) lest you should slip from Allah’s obedience as a person’s foot slips ( after being firmly planted and ye should taste evil ) hell ( forasmuch as ye debarred (men ) from the way of Allah) from Allah’s religion and obedience, ( and yours should be an awful doom ) in the Hereafter.
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
And make not your oaths, a means of deception among yourselves, lest a foot may 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 Allah (i.e. Belief in the Oneness of Allah and His Messenger, Muhammad SAW), and yours will be a great torment (i.e. the Fire of Hell in the Hereafter).
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