Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

God will not take you to task for the vain speech in your oaths, but He will take you to task for what your hearts earned. And God is forgiving and clement.

لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِاللَّغْوِ ف۪ٓي اَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ يُؤَاخِذُكُمْ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ
La yu-akhithukumu Allahubillaghwi fee aymanikum walakin yu-akhithukumbima kasabat quloobukum wallahu ghafoorun haleem
#wordmeaningroot
1Not
2yuākhidhukumuwill take you to taskاخذ
3l-lahuAllah
4bil-laghwifor (what is) unintentionalلغو
5in
6aymānikumyour oathsيمن
7walākin[and] but
8yuākhidhukumHe takes you to taskاخذ
9bimāfor what
10kasabat(have) earnedكسب
11qulūbukumyour heartsقلب
12wal-lahuAnd Allah
13ghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgivingغفر
14ḥalīmunMost Forbearingحلم
  • Aisha Bewley

    Allah will not take you to task for inadvertent statements in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the intention your hearts have made. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing.

  • Progressive Muslims

    God will not call you to account for your casual oaths, but He will call you to account for what has entered your hearts. God is Forgiving, Compassionate.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Allah will not task you for your senseless swearing. He holds you responsible for your intentional doings. Allah is Forgiving, Clement. (Therefore, a marriage will not be dissolved for senseless utterances of the husband or the wife).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    God will not take you to task for the vain speech in your oaths, but He will take you to task for what your hearts earned. And God is forgiving and clement.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    God will not call you to account for your casual oaths, but He will call you to account for what has entered your hearts. God is Forgiving, Compassionate.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    God will not call you to account for your casual oaths, but He will call you to account for what has entered your hearts. God is Forgiving, Compassionate.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    GOD does not hold you responsible for the mere utterance of oaths; He holds you responsible for your innermost intentions. GOD is Forgiver, Clement.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    God will not call you to account for that which is senseless in your oaths, but only for what is in your hearts; for God is forgiving and forbearing.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Allah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned. And Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.

  • Muhammad Asad

    God will not take you to task for oaths which you may have uttered without thought, but will take you to task for what your hearts have conceived : for God is much-forgiving, forbearing.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in your oaths. But He will take you to task for that which your hearts have garnered. Allah is Forgiving, Clement.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Allah will not take you to task for the oaths you utter in vain,* but will certainly take you to task for the oaths you utter in earnest. Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Forbearing.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Allah excuses you for oaths in which the guilt does not reside in the intention, but He holds you responsible for oaths with guilty intention and Allah is, Ghafurun and Hakimun (Forbearing toward His creatures).

  • Bijan Moeinian

    God does not hold you responsible for your unintentional oaths. However, He will question you about serious oaths (such as testifying under the oath in the court). God is indeed Patient and Forgiving.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Allâh will not call you to account for that which is unintentional in your oaths, but He will call you to account for that which your hearts have earned. And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most-Forbearing.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Allah will not call you to account for thoughtlessness in your oaths, but for the intention in your hearts; and He is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Allah will not hold you accountable for unintentional oaths, but for what you intended in your hearts. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Allah does not hold you accountable for what is laghw (ineffectual) in your oaths, but He holds you accountable for what your hearts have produced. Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing.

  • Abdul Haleem

    He will not call you to account for oaths you have uttered unintentionally, but He will call you to account for what you mean in your hearts. God is most forgiving and forbearing.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    God will not take you to task for a slip in your oaths; but He will take you to task for what your hearts have earned; and God is All-forgiving, All-clement.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    He will not catch you up for a casual word in your oaths, but He will catch you up for what your hearts have earned; but God is forgiving and clement.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    He will not call you to account for the unintentional word in your oaths, but He will call you to account for the intentions of your heart; but Allah is Forgiving and Clement.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Allah will not take you to task for idleness in your oaths, but He will take you to task for whatever your hearts have earned; and Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Ever-Forbearing.

  • George Sale

    God will not punish you for an inconsiderate word in your oaths; but he will punish you for that which your hearts have assented unto: God is merciful and gracious.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Allah will not call you to account for thoughtlessness in your oaths, but for the intention earned in your hearts; And Allah is Often Forgiving (Ghafoor), Most Forbearing (Haleem).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Allâh will not call you to account for what is vain (and unintentional) in your oaths, but He calls you to account for what your minds resolve and accomplish (by intentional swearing). And Allâh is Great Protector (against faults), Highly Forbearing.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Allah shall not take you to task for what is unconsidered in your oaths, but He shall take you to task for what your hearts have incurred, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-forbearing.