Sura 5 Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread), ayah 89

  1. لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلَٰكِنْ يُؤَاخِذُكُمْ بِمَا عَقَّدْتُمُ الْأَيْمَانَ ۖ فَكَفَّارَتُهُ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ أَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ أَوْ تَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ ۖ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ كَفَّارَةُ أَيْمَانِكُمْ إِذَا حَلَفْتُمْ ۚ وَاحْفَظُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    Translation by words

    لَا
    Not
    يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ
    will call you to account
    ٱللَّهُ
    Allah
    بِٱللَّغْوِ
    for the thoughtless utterances
    فِىٓ
    in
    أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ
    your oaths
    وَلَٰكِن
    but
    يُؤَاخِذُكُم
    He will call you to account
    بِمَا
    for what
    عَقَّدتُّمُ
    you contracted
    ٱلْأَيْمَٰنَ
    (of) the oath.
    فَكَفَّٰرَتُهُۥٓ
    So its expiation
    إِطْعَامُ
    (is) feeding
    عَشَرَةِ
    (of) ten
    مَسَٰكِينَ
    needy people
    مِنْ
    of
    أَوْسَطِ
    average
    مَا
    (of) what
    تُطْعِمُونَ
    you feed
    أَهْلِيكُمْ
    your families
    أَوْ
    or
    كِسْوَتُهُمْ
    clothing them
    أَوْ
    or
    تَحْرِيرُ
    freeing
    رَقَبَةٍ
    a slave.
    فَمَن
    But whoever
    لَّمْ
    (does) not
    يَجِدْ
    find
    فَصِيَامُ
    (that), then fasting
    ثَلَٰثَةِ
    (for) three
    أَيَّامٍ
    days.
    ذَٰلِكَ
    That
    كَفَّٰرَةُ
    (is the) expiation
    أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ
    (of) your oaths
    إِذَا
    when
    حَلَفْتُمْ
    you have sworn.
    وَٱحْفَظُوٓا۟
    And guard
    أَيْمَٰنَكُمْ
    your oaths.
    كَذَٰلِكَ
    Thus
    يُبَيِّنُ
    makes clear
    ٱللَّهُ
    Allah
    لَكُمْ
    to you
    ءَايَٰتِهِۦ
    His Verses
    لَعَلَّكُمْ
    so that you may
    تَشْكُرُونَ
    (be) grateful.

    Allah will not impose blame upon you for what is meaningless in your oaths, but He will impose blame upon you for (breaking) what you intended of oaths. So its expiation is the feeding of ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your (own) families or clothing them or the freeing of a slave. But whoever cannot find (or afford it) - then a fast of three days (is required). That is the expiation for oaths when you have sworn. But guard your oaths. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be grateful.

    5:89

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 5 Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)