Expiation and Responsibility for Oaths
Al-Ma'idah — Verses 89–89 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim
لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا عَقَّدتُّمُ الْأَيْمَانَ ۖ فَكَفَّارَتُهُ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ أَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ أَوْ تَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ ۖ فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ كَفَّارَةُ أَيْمَانِكُمْ إِذَا حَلَفْتُمْ ۚ وَاحْفَظُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ٨٩
Allah will not punish you for what is uninentional in your oaths, but He will punish you for your deliberate oaths; for its expiation (a deliberate oath) feed ten Masakin (poor persons), on a scale of the average of that with which you feed your own families; or clothe them; or manumit a slave. But whosoever cannot afford (that), then he should fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths when you have sworn. And protect your oaths (i.e. do not swear much). Thus Allah make clear to you His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) that you may be grateful.
- لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ
- Allah will not punish you for what is unintentional in your oaths,
- وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا عَقَّدتُّمُ الْأَيْمَانَ ۖ
- but He will punish you for your deliberate oaths;
- فَكَفَّارَتُهُ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ
- for its expiation (a deliberate oath) feed ten Masakin (poor persons),
- مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ
- on a scale of the average of that with which you feed your own families;
- أَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ
- or clothe them;
- أَوْ تَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ ۖ
- or manumit a slave.
- فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ۚ
- But whosoever cannot afford (that), then he should fast for three days.
- ذَٰلِكَ كَفَّارَةُ أَيْمَانِكُمْ إِذَا حَلَفْتُمْ ۚ
- That is the expiation for the oaths when you have sworn.
- وَاحْفَظُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ ۚ
- And protect your oaths (i.e. do not swear much).
- كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ
- Thus Allah makes clear to you His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
- لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
- that you may be grateful.