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Ha-Lam-Fa
To swear, make an oath. To confederate, make a compact or agreement, to cleave/cling/keep/hold fast to a thing, establish a brotherhood.
halafa
vb. (1) perf. act.
5:89
لاَ يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ يُؤَاخِذُكُمْ بِمَا عَقَّدْتُمُ الإِيْمَانَ فَكَفَّارَتُهُ~ُ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ أَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ أَوْ تَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَة ٍ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّام ٍ ذَلِكَ كَفَّارَةُ أَيْمَانِكُمْ إِذَا حَلَفْتُمْ وَاحْفَظُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِه ِِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
Lā Yu'uākhidhukumu Allāhu Bil-Laghwi Fī 'Aymānikum Wa Lakin Yu'uākhidhukum Bimā `Aqqadtumu Al-'Īmāna Fakaffāratuhu 'Iţ`āmu `Asharati Masākīna Min 'Awsaţi Mā Tuţ`imūna 'Ahlīkum 'Aw Kiswatuhum 'Aw Taĥrīru Raqabatin Faman Lam Yajid Faşiyāmu Thalāthati 'Ayyāmin Dhālika Kaffāratu 'Aymānikum 'Idhā Ĥalaftum Wa Aĥfažū 'Aymānakum Kadhālika Yubayyinu Allāhu Lakum 'Āyātihi La`allakum Tashkurūna
God will not hold you for your casual oaths, but He will hold you for what oaths you have made binding; its cancellation shall be the feeding of ten poor from the average of what you feed your family, or that you clothe them, or that you free a slave; whoever cannot find such shall fast for three days; this is a cancellation for making your oaths when you swear. And be careful from making oaths. It is such that God clarifies for you His revelations that you may be thankful.
impf. act.
4:62
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَة ٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ جَاءُوكَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَا إِلاَّ إِحْسَانا ً وَتَوْفِيقا ً
Fakayfa 'Idhā 'Aşābat/hum Muşībatun Bimā Qaddamat 'Aydīhim Thumma Jā'ūka Yaĥlifūna Billāhi 'In 'Aradnā 'Illā 'Iĥsānāan Wa Tawfīqāan
Why then, when disaster befalls them for what their hands have delivered, do they come to you swearing by God that they only wanted to do good and reconcile?
9:42
لَوْ كَانَ عَرَضا ً قَرِيبا ً وَسَفَرا ً قَاصِدا ً لاَتَّبَعُوكَ وَلَكِنْ بَعُدَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الشُّقَّةُ وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ لَوْ اسْتَطَعْنَا لَخَرَجْنَا مَعَكُمْ يُهْلِكُونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ
Law Kāna `AraĐāan Qarībāan Wa Safarāan Qāşidāan Lāttaba`ūka Wa Lakin Ba`udat `Alayhimu Ash-Shuqqatu Wa Sayaĥlifūna Billāhi Law Astaţa`nā Lakharajnā Ma`akum Yuhlikūna 'Anfusahum Wa Allāhu Ya`lamu 'Innahum Lakādhibūna
If it were a near gain, or an easy journey, they would have followed you; but the distance was too much for them. And they will swear by God: "If we could have, we would have gone with you." They destroy themselves, and God knows they are liars.
9:56
وَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ لَمِنْكُمْ وَمَا هُمْ مِنْكُمْ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ قَوْم ٌ يَفْرَقُونَ
Wa Yaĥlifūna Billāhi 'Innahum Laminkum Wa Mā Hum Minkum Wa Lakinnahum Qawmun Yafraqūna
And they swear by God that they are with you, while they are not with you; but they are a people who are indecisive.
9:62
يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوكُمْ وَاللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ~ُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُرْضُوهُ~ُ إِنْ كَانُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
Yaĥlifūna Billāhi Lakum LiyurĐūkum Wa Allāhu Wa Rasūluhu 'Aĥaqqu 'An YurĐūhu 'In Kānū Mu'uminīna
They swear to you by God in order to please you; while God and His messenger are more worthy to be pleased if they are believers.
9:74
يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ مَا قَالُوا وَلَقَدْ قَالُوا كَلِمَةَ الْكُفْرِ وَكَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِسْلاَمِهِمْ وَهَمُّوا بِمَا لَمْ يَنَالُوا وَمَا نَقَمُوا إِلاَّ أَنْ أَغْنَاهُمُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُه ُُ مِنْ فَضْلِه ِِ فَإِنْ يَتُوبُوا يَكُ خَيْرا ً لَهُمْ وَإِنْ يَتَوَلَّوْا يُعَذِّبْهُمُ اللَّهُ عَذَاباً أَلِيما ً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ وَلِيّ ٍ وَلاَ نَصِير ٍ
Yaĥlifūna Billāhi Mā Qālū Wa Laqad Qālū Kalimata Al-Kufri Wa Kafarū Ba`da 'Islāmihim Wa Hammū Bimā Lam Yanālū Wa Mā Naqamū 'Illā 'An 'Aghnāhumu Allāhu Wa Rasūluhu Min FaĐlihi Fa'in Yatūbū Yaku Khayrāan Lahum Wa 'In Yatawallaw Yu`adhdhibhumu Allāhu `Adhābāan 'Alīmāan Fī Ad-Dunyā Wa Al-'Ākhirati Wa Mā Lahum Fī Al-'ArĐi Min Wa Līyin Wa Lā Naşīrin
They swear by God that they did not say it, while they had said the word of rejection, and they rejected after they had submitted, and they were concerned with what they could not possess; and they could not find any fault except that God and His messenger had enriched them from His bounty. If they repent it is better for them, and if they turn away, then God will punish them severely in this world and the next. They will not have on the earth any ally or supporter.
9:95
سَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ لَكُمْ إِذَا انقَلَبْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لِتُعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمْ فَأَعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ رِجْس ٌ وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ جَزَاء ً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
Sayaĥlifūna Billāhi Lakum 'Idhā Anqalabtum 'Ilayhim Litu`riĐū `Anhum Fa'a`riĐū `Anhum 'Innahum Rijsun Wa Ma'wāhum Jahannamu Jazā'an Bimā Kānū Yaksibūna
They will swear by God to you, when you return to them, so that you would let them be. So let them be, for they are foul, and their destiny is Hell as a recompense for what they earned.
9:96
يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ لِتَرْضَوْا عَنْهُمْ فَإِنْ تَرْضَوْا عَنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَرْضَى عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِقِينَ
Yaĥlifūna Lakum LitarĐaw `Anhum Fa'in TarĐaw `Anhum Fa'inna Allāha Lā YarĐá `Ani Al-Qawmi Al-Fāsiqīna
They swear to you so that you would accept them. Even if you accept them, God does not accept the wicked people.
9:107
وَالَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مَسْجِدا ً ضِرَارا ً وَكُفْرا ً وَتَفْرِيقا ً بَيْنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِرْصَادا ً لِمَنْ حَارَبَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَه ُُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ إِنْ أَرَدْنَا إِلاَّ الْحُسْنَى وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ
Wa Al-Ladhīna Attakhadhū Masjidāan Đirārāan Wa Kufrāan Wa Tafrīqāan Bayna Al-Mu'uminīna Wa 'Irşādāan Liman Ĥāraba Allāha Wa Rasūlahu Min Qablu Wa Layaĥlifunna 'In 'Aradnā 'Illā Al-Ĥusná Wa Allāhu Yash/hadu 'Innahum Lakādhibūna
And there are those who have taken a temple to do harm and cause rejection, and to divide between the believers, and as an outpost for those who fought God and His messenger before. They will swear that they only wanted to do good, and God bears witness that they are liars.
58:14
أَلَمْ تَرَى إِلَى الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا قَوْماً غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا هُمْ مِنْكُمْ وَلاَ مِنْهُمْ وَيَحْلِفُونَ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
'Alam Tará 'Ilá Al-Ladhīna Tawallaw Qawmāan GhaĐiba Allāhu `Alayhim Mā Hum Minkum Wa Lā Minhum Wa Yaĥlifūna `Alá Al-Kadhibi Wa Hum Ya`lamūna
Have you noted those who befriended people with whom God is angry? They are now neither from you nor from them. And they deliberately swear to lies while they know!
58:18
يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعا ً فَيَحْلِفُونَ لَه ُُ كَمَا يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ أَلاَ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ
Yawma Yab`athuhumu Allāhu Jamī`āan Fayaĥlifūna Lahu Kamā Yaĥlifūna Lakum Wa Yaĥsabūna 'Annahum `Alá Shay'in 'Alā 'Innahum Humu Al-Kādhibūna
The Day will come when God resurrects them all. Then they will swear to Him, just as they swear to you, thinking that they are actually right! Indeed, they are the liars.
58:18
يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعا ً فَيَحْلِفُونَ لَه ُُ كَمَا يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ أَلاَ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ
Yawma Yab`athuhumu Allāhu Jamī`āan Fayaĥlifūna Lahu Kamā Yaĥlifūna Lakum Wa Yaĥsabūna 'Annahum `Alá Shay'in 'Alā 'Innahum Humu Al-Kādhibūna
The Day will come when God resurrects them all. Then they will swear to Him, just as they swear to you, thinking that they are actually right! Indeed, they are the liars.
hallaf
n.m.
68:10
وَلاَ تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلاَّف ٍ مَهِين ٍ
Wa Lā Tuţi` Kulla Ĥallāfin Mahīnin
And do not obey every lowly swearer.
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