An-Núr 24:53 ۞ واقسموا بالله جهد ايمانهم لين امرتهم ليخرجن قل لا تقسموا طاعة معروفة ان الله خبير بما تعملون ٥٣
۞ وَأَقۡسَمُواْ
بِٱللَّهِ
جَهۡدَ
أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ
لَئِنۡ
أَمَرۡتَهُمۡ
لَيَخۡرُجُنَّۖ
قُل
لَّا
تُقۡسِمُواْۖ
طَاعَةٞ
مَّعۡرُوفَةٌۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
خَبِيرُۢ
بِمَا
تَعۡمَلُونَ
٥٣
They swear by Allah their most solemn oaths that if you ˹O Prophet˺ were to command them, they would certainly march forth ˹in Allah’s cause˺. Say, “˹You˺ do not ˹have to˺ swear; your obedience is well known!”1 Surely Allah is All-Aware of what you do.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths that if you ordered them, they would go forth [in Allāh's cause]. Say, "Do not swear. [Such] obedience is known.1 Indeed, Allāh is [fully] Aware of that which you do."
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
قُل لاَّ تُقْسِمُواْ
(Say: "Swear you not...") meaning, do not swear this oath.
طَاعَةٌ مَّعْرُوفَةٌ
(obedience is known.) It was said that the meaning is, your obedience is known, i.e., it is known that your obedience is merely verbal and is not accompanied by action. Every time you swear an oath you
…قُل لاَّ تُقْسِمُواْ
(Say: "Swear you not...") meaning, do not swear this oath.
طَاعَةٌ مَّعْرُوفَةٌ
(obedience is known.) It was said that the meaning i
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