Quran Chapter 2- 225 (Pt-2, Stg-1) (L-292) - درس قرآن
Expiation of broken oaths
Surah
‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغْوِ فِىٓأَيْمَٰنِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا كَسَبَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ 225
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225. 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. And Allah is Forgiving, Clement.
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225. Laa
yu-‘aakhizu-kumUllaahu bil-lagwi fiii ‘ay-maani-kum
wa laakiny-yu-‘aakhizu-kum- bimaa kasabat
quluubu-kum. WAllaahu Gafuurun Haliim.
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Commentary
Bil-lagwi
fiii ‘ay-maani-kum – (your unintentional oaths), false
oaths means; the oaths which are spoken either unintentional due to ignorance
or the slip from the tongue only due to malice, and adulteration of a lie
enters into them without intention. Learned men have explained that there are
many kinds of false oaths. Their relation may be also with past events as well
as with the habit that a person uses to swear without reason, swear in every
affair. The scholars have strongly disapproved this act.
Gafuurun – (Forgiving),
Allah Almighty is the Great Forgiving. Due to such Dignity; He forgave the
punishment against the false oaths like these.
Haliim – (Clement), it
also means Mild, Patient and Merciful. God Almighty is Great Clement. Taking
His Position into account; He doesn’t punish for false oaths too. Moreover, He
postpones the punishment so that the mankind may get chance of repentance.
It was stated in the
verse 224, “And make not Allah, by your oaths, a hindrance to your being
righteous and observing your duty unto Him and making peace among mankind”.
These kinds of oaths haven’t any value. For example; if someone says, “By God I
shall never go to the mosque for prayer”. It is a false oath because Allah
Almighty commands to offer prayers in the mosque. And this fellow is using His
name refraining from this act.
Now it is being commanded
in this verse, “that oath is reliable which is sworn wholeheartedly”, not that
which is sworn habitual or false and emphasizing it.
Unintentional oaths
are pardonable. The aim is that he should expiate against the broken oaths and
should abstain from the false oaths like these in future. Islam doesn’t like
this type of childishness and lowness.
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