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Al-Ma'idah 5:89

لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغۡوِ فِيٓ أَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا عَقَّدتُّمُ ٱلۡأَيۡمَٰنَۖ فَكَفَّـٰرَتُهُۥٓ إِطۡعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَٰكِينَ مِنۡ أَوۡسَطِ مَا تُطۡعِمُونَ أَهۡلِيكُمۡ أَوۡ كِسۡوَتُهُمۡ أَوۡ تَحۡرِيرُ رَقَبَةٖۖ فَمَن لَّمۡ يَجِدۡ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَٰثَةِ أَيَّامٖۚ ذَٰلِكَ كَفَّـٰرَةُ أَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡ إِذَا حَلَفۡتُمۡۚ وَٱحۡفَظُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ

Allah will not call you to account for your thoughtless oaths, but He will hold you accountable for deliberate oaths. The penalty for a broken oath is to feed ten poor people from what you normally feed your own family, or to clothe them, or to free a bondsperson. But if none of this is affordable, then you must fast three days. This is the penalty for breaking your oaths. So be mindful of your oaths. This is how Allah makes things clear to you, so perhaps you will be grateful.

Word by word

لَا
lā
Not
Vocabulary
يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ
yuākhidhukumu
will call you to account
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
بِٱللَّغۡوِ
bil-laghwi
for the thoughtless utterances
Vocabulary
Root: لغو
فِيٓ
fī
in
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أَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡ
aymānikum
your oaths
Vocabulary
Root: يمن
وَلَٰكِن
walākin
but
Vocabulary
يُؤَاخِذُكُم
yuākhidhukum
He will call you to account
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
بِمَا
bimā
for what
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عَقَّدتُّمُ
ʿaqqadttumu
you contracted
Vocabulary
Root: عقد
ٱلۡأَيۡمَٰنَۖ
l-aymāna
(of) the oath
Vocabulary
Root: يمن
فَكَفَّـٰرَتُهُۥٓ
fakaffāratuhu
So its expiation
Vocabulary
إِطۡعَامُ
iṭ'ʿāmu
(is) feeding
Vocabulary
Root: طعم
عَشَرَةِ
ʿasharati
(of) ten
Vocabulary
Root: عشر
مَسَٰكِينَ
masākīna
needy people
Vocabulary
Root: سكن
مِنۡ
min
of
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أَوۡسَطِ
awsaṭi
average
Vocabulary
Root: وسط
مَا
mā
(of) what
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تُطۡعِمُونَ
tuṭ'ʿimūna
you feed
Vocabulary
Root: طعم
أَهۡلِيكُمۡ
ahlīkum
your families
Vocabulary
Root: اهل
أَوۡ
aw
or
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كِسۡوَتُهُمۡ
kis'watuhum
clothing them
Vocabulary
Root: كسو
أَوۡ
aw
or
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تَحۡرِيرُ
taḥrīru
freeing
Vocabulary
Root: حرر
رَقَبَةٖۖ
raqabatin
a slave
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Root: رقب
فَمَن
faman
But whoever
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لَّمۡ
lam
(does) not
Vocabulary
يَجِدۡ
yajid
find
Vocabulary
Root: وجد
فَصِيَامُ
faṣiyāmu
(that), then fasting
Vocabulary
Root: صوم
ثَلَٰثَةِ
thalāthati
(for) three
Vocabulary
Root: ثلث
أَيَّامٖۚ
ayyāmin
days
Vocabulary
Root: يوم
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
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كَفَّـٰرَةُ
kaffāratu
(is the) expiation
Vocabulary
Root: كفر
أَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡ
aymānikum
(of) your oaths
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Root: يمن
إِذَا
idhā
when
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حَلَفۡتُمۡۚ
ḥalaftum
you have sworn
Vocabulary
Root: حلف
وَٱحۡفَظُوٓاْ
wa-iḥ'faẓū
And guard
Vocabulary
Root: حفظ
أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡۚ
aymānakum
your oaths
Vocabulary
Root: يمن
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
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يُبَيِّنُ
yubayyinu
makes clear
Vocabulary
Root: بين
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
لَكُمۡ
lakum
to you
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ءَايَٰتِهِۦ
āyātihi
His Verses
Vocabulary
لَعَلَّكُمۡ
laʿallakum
so that you may
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تَشۡكُرُونَ
tashkurūna
(be) grateful
Vocabulary
Root: شكر

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.