They treat their oaths as a cover, and so they repel others from Allah’s path. Evil is what they do.
Al-Munafiqun 63:2
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اتَّخَذُوا أَيْمَانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ سَاءَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
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They treat their oaths as a cover, and so they repel others from God’s path. Evil is what they do.
They use their promises as a shield, and they stop others from following Allah's way. What they're doing is very bad.
They use their promises as a shield, turning others away from Allah's path. What they're doing is truly terrible.
They have taken their oaths as a shield and turned others from God’s path. Truly evil is what they used to do.
They have taken their oaths as a shield, hindering others from Allah’s path. Evil is what they do.
They have taken their oaths as a shield, hindering others from God’s path. Evil is what they do.
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.
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.
They have taken their oaths as a shield in order to hinder people from the way of Allah. Evil indeed is what they do!
They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds): thus they obstruct (men) from the Path of Allah: truly evil are their deeds.
They make their faith a pretext so that they may turn (men) from the way of Allah. Verily evil is that which they are wont to do,
they use their oaths as a cover and thus they bar others from God's way: what they have been doing is truly evil --
They shelter behind their oath, and thus hinder their own selves and others from the Path of Allah. Evil indeed is what they do.
They make a shield of their oaths, and bar from the way of Allah. Evil indeed is what they used to do.
Ittakhathoo aymanahum junnatan fasaddoo AAan sabeeli Allahi innahum saa ma kanoo yaAAmaloona