Surah An-Nahl 16:95 — translation and meaning

النحل · Verse 95 / 128 · Page 278

ۚ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا إِنَّمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَلَا
wala
And (do) not
تَشْتَرُوا
tashtaru
exchange
بِعَهْدِ
bi'ahdi
the covenant
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
ثَمَنًا
thamanan
(for) a price
قَلِيلًا
qalilan
little
إِنَّمَا
innama
Indeed what
عِندَ
inda
(is) with
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
هُوَ
huwa
it
خَيْرٌ
khayrun
(is) better
لَّكُمْ
lakum
for you
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were (to)
تَعْلَمُونَ
ta'lamuna
know

Transliteration

Wa laa tashtaroo bi 'ahdil laahi samanan qaleelaa; innamaa 'indal laahi huwa khairul lakum in kuntum ta'lamoon

Translation

And do not exchange the covenant of Allah for a small price. Indeed, what is with Allah is best for you, if only you could know.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Do not exchange the oath you took in Allah’s name for a small amount, not fulfilling the pledge or not being sincere in it. The victory and booty that Allah has in the world and the perpetual bliss that He has in the afterlife is better for you than the small amount that you take for breaking the pledge, if only you knew that.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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