Al-Mujadila 58:16 اتخذوا ايمانهم جنة فصدوا عن سبيل الله فلهم عذاب مهين ١٦
ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ
أَيۡمَٰنَهُمۡ
جُنَّةٗ
فَصَدُّواْ
عَن
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِ
فَلَهُمۡ
عَذَابٞ
مُّهِينٞ
١٦
They have made their ˹false˺ oaths as a shield, hindering ˹others˺ from the cause of Allah. So they will suffer a humiliating punishment.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
They took their [false] oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh, and for them is a humiliating punishment.
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Chastising the Hypocrites
Allah chastises the hypocrites for secretly aiding and supporting the disbelievers even though, in reality, they were neither with the disbelievers nor with the Muslims. Allah the Exalted said in another Ayah,
مُّذَبْذَبِينَ بَيْنَ ذلِكَ لاَ إِلَى هَؤُلاءِ وَلاَ إِلَى هَؤُلاء
…Chastising the Hypocrites
Allah chastises the hypocrites for secretly aiding and supporting the disbelievers even though, in reality, they were neither
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