Surah An-Nahl (16:94)

وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوۡۤا اَيۡمَانَكُمۡ دَخَلًاۢ بَيۡنَكُمۡ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌۢ بَعۡدَ ثُبُوۡتِهَا وَتَذُوۡقُوا السُّوۡۤءَ بِمَا صَدَدْتُّمۡ عَنۡ سَبِيۡلِ اللّٰهِۚ وَ لَـكُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيۡمٌ‏ ۝

Wala tattakhithoo aymanakumdakhalan baynakum fatazilla qadamun baAAda thubootiha watathooqooassoo-a bima sadadtum AAan sabeeli Allahiwalakum AAathabun AAatheem

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, and you would have in the Hereafter a great punishment.

Tadabbur (Reflection)

Theme of the Ayat

This verse speaks to the core theme of **An-Nahl**.

The Insight

Reflect on the meaning: "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, and you would have in the Hereafter a great punishment.".