Surah Al-Mujadila Ayah 16

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

In Saheeh International's English translation, Quran 58:16 says: “They took their [false] oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh, and for them is a humiliating punishment.”

Translation source: Saheeh International

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Quran 58:16 is in Surah Al-Mujadila, chapter 58 of the Quran.

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