The Holy Quran 2:225 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغْوِ فِىٓ أَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا كَسَبَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ

Translation

Allaah will not call you to account (task) for your futile (unintentional) oaths, but will call you to account for (breaking) those (oaths) which your hearts intend (intentionally taken oaths). Allaah is Most Forgiving, Most Forbearing (Most Tolerant perhaps you will repent).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

An idle (laghw) and frivolous oath is one that slips from the mouth spontaneously and unintentionally, in accordance with habit and custom, without the heart even being aware of it. For such an oath there is neither expiation nor sin. But if someone deliberately utters the words of an oath, such as واللہ and باللہ (“by Allah”)

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