god will not take you to task for oaths which you may have uttered without thought but he will take you to task for oaths which you have sworn in earnest. thus the breaking of an oath must be atoned for by feeding ten needy persons with more or less the same food as you are wont to give to your own families or by clothing them or by freeing a human being from bondage and he who has not the wherewithal shall fast for three days . this shall be the atonement for your oaths whenever you have sworn . but be mindful of your oaths! thus god makes clear unto you his messages so that you might have cause to be grateful.
لا يؤاخذكم الله باللغو في أيمانكم ولكن يؤاخذكم بما عقدتم الأيمان فكفارته إطعام عشرة مساكين من أوسط ما تطعمون أهليكم أو كسوتهم أو تحرير رقبة فمن لم يجد فصيام ثلاثة أيام ذلك كفارة أيمانكم إذا حلفتم واحفظوا أيمانكم كذلك يبين الله لكم آياته لعلكم تشكرون