Allah shall not take you to task for the vain in your oaths; but he shall take you to task for that which your oaths make binding. The expiation thereof is the feeding of ten of the needy with the middle sort of that wherewith ye feed your households, or the clothing of them or the freeing of a neck; but whosoever cannot find, far him is a fasting of three days. That is the expiation of your oaths when ye have sworn and bear in mind your oaths. Thus doth Allah expound unto you His commandments, that haply ye may return thanks.
خدا شما را به سوگندهاى بيهوده‌تان بازخواست نمى‌كند، ولى به سوگندى كه با قصد مى‌خوريد [و مى‌شكنيد] مؤاخذه مى‌كند. پس كفاره‌ى آن اطعام ده مسكين است، از غذاهاى متوسطى كه به كسان خود مى‌خورانيد، يا پوشاندن آنها، يا آزاد كردن بنده‌اى و هر كه [اينها را] ني