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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nur 24:53

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۞ وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ لَئِنْ أَمَرْتَهُمْ لَيَخْرُجُنَّ ۖ قُل لَّا تُقْسِمُوا۟ ۖ طَاعَةٌ مَّعْرُوفَةٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

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. Indeed, Allāh is [fully] Aware of that which you do."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وأقسم المنافقون بالله تعالى غاية اجتهادهم في الأيمان المغلَّظة: لئن أمرتنا - أيها الرسول - بالخروج للجهاد معك لنخرجن، قل لهم: لا تحلفوا كذبًا، فطاعتكم معروفة بأنها باللسان فحسب، إن الله خبير بما تعملونه، وسيجازيكم عليه.

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