Surah Al-Munafiqun 63:2 — translation and meaning
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ۚ اتَّخَذُوا أَيْمَانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ سَاءَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
Word by Word
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اتَّخَذُوا
ittakhadhu
They take
أَيْمَانَهُمْ
aymanahum
their oaths
جُنَّةً
junnatan
(as) a cover
فَصَدُّوا
fasaddu
so they turn away
عَن
an
from
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) Way
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed
سَاءَ
saa
evil is
مَا
ma
what
كَانُوا
kanu
they used (to)
يَعْمَلُونَ
ya'maluna
do
Transliteration
Ittakhazoo aymaanahum junnatan fasaddoo 'an sabeelil laah; innahum saaa'a maa kaanoo ya'maloon
Translation
They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allah. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
They have made the oaths that they swear on their claim of faith a cover and protection for them from being killed or imprisoned. They turned people away from faith by the doubts and rumours that they spread. Evil is the hypocrisy and false oaths that they perpetrate.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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