وَلَا
تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ
أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡ
دَخَلَۢا
بَيۡنَكُمۡ
فَتَزِلَّ
قَدَمُۢ
بَعۡدَ
ثُبُوتِهَا
وَتَذُوقُواْ
ٱلسُّوٓءَ
بِمَا
صَدَدتُّمۡ
عَن
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَلَكُمۡ
عَذَابٌ
عَظِيمٞ
٩٤
And do not take your oaths as [means of] deceit between you, lest a foot slip after it was [once] firm, and you would taste evil [in this world] for what [people] you diverted from the way of Allāh,1 and you would have [in the Hereafter] a great punishment.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
If Allah had willed, He would have made all of Humanity one Nation
Allah says:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ
(And had Allah willed, He would have made you) meaning - O mankind,
أُمَّةً وَحِدَةً
((all) one nation,) This is like the Ayah:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيع
…If Allah had willed, He would have made all of Humanity one Nation
Allah says:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ
(And had Allah willed, He would have ma
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