The Bee
16. An-Naḥl
النحل
Page #278
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وَلَا
تَتَّخِذُوا
أَيْمَانَكُمْ
دَخَلًا
بَيْنَكُمْ
فَتَزِلَّ
قَدَمٌ
بَعْدَ
ثُبُوتِهَا
وَتَذُوقُوا
السُّوءَ
بِمَا
صَدَدتُّمْ
عَن
سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ
وَلَكُمْ
عَذَابٌ
عَظِيمٌ
wa-lā tattakhidhū ʾaymānakum dakhalan baynakum fa-tazilla qadamun baʿda thubūtihā wa-tadhūqū s-sūʾa bi-mā ṣadadtum ʿan sabīli llāhi wa-lakum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun
Do not make your oaths a means of [mutual] deceit among yourselves, lest feet should stumble after being steady and [lest] you suffer ill for barring from the way of Allah and face a great punishment.
— Ali Quli Qarai
And take not your oaths, to practise deception between yourselves, with the result that someone's foot may slip after it was firmly planted, and ye may have to taste the evil (consequences) of having hindered (men) from the Path of Allah, and a Mighty Wrath descend on you.
