Surah Al-Munafiqun — Verse 2
The Hypocrites · 63:2 · 2/11
ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Ittakhathoo aymanahum junnatanfasaddoo AAan sabeeli Allahi innahum saa makanoo yaAAmaloon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
they use their oaths as a cover and so bar others from God’s way: what they have been doing is truly evil––
Marmaduke Pickthall
They make their faith a pretext so that they may turn (men) from the way of Allah. Verily evil is that which they are wont to do,
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds): thus they obstruct (men) from the Path of Allah: truly evil are their deeds.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
They have made their oaths a shield, and thus they have prevented (others) from the way of Allah. Surely evil is what they have been doing.
Al-Hilali & Khan
They have made their oaths a screen (for their hypocrisy). Thus they hinder (men) from the Path of Allâh. Verily, evil is what they used to do.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
They shelter behind their oath, and thus hinder their own selves and others from the Path of Allah. Evil indeed is what they do.