ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَهُمْ جُنَّةًۭ فَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ مُّهِينٌۭ

They make a shelter of their oaths and turn (men) from the way of Allah; so theirs will be a shameful doom.

Al Mujaadila 58:16

PICKTHALL ENGLISH MEANING

“They make a shelter of their oaths and turn (men) from the way of Allah; so theirs will be a shameful doom.”

Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.

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