Surah Al-Munafiqun (المنافقون) • The Hypocrites

Quran 63:2

63:2

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

ittakhadhū aymānahum junnatan faṣaddū ʿan sabīli l-lahi innahum sāa mā kānū yaʿmalūna

They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.

— Saheeh International

they use their oaths as a cover and so bar others from God’s way: what they have been doing is truly evil––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They have made their oaths a screen (for their hypocrisy). Thus they hinder (men) from the Path of Allâh. Verily, evil is what they used to do.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ittakhadhūThey take
أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْaymānahumtheir oaths
جُنَّةًۭjunnatan(as) a cover
فَصَدُّوا۟faṣaddūso they turn away
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) Way
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) Allah
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, [they]
سَآءَsāaevil is
مَاmāwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado