LessonsRepentance, reform, integrity, and responsibility (Hadith 23–30)Quiz

وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ means “and killing a person”; this context warns against unlawful killing. Here النَّفْسِ means a human life, whereas نَفْسَهُ earlier referred to the self. Context controls the sense.

In وَالْيَمِينُ الْغَمُوسُ, الْيَمِينُ means “oath,” and الْغَمُوسُ means “plunging” or “immersing”: a deliberately false oath that plunges a person into sin. The image emphasizes gravity.

Example: someone knowingly swears falsely to conceal what he did. A deliberate false oath is grave even when no money was taken.

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Sanctity of life and the false oath

Repentance, reform, integrity, and responsibility (Hadith 23–30)

وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ means “and killing a person”; this context warns against unlawful killing. Here النَّفْسِ means a human life, whereas نَفْسَهُ earlier referred to the self. Context controls the sense.

In وَالْيَمِينُ الْغَمُوسُ, الْيَمِينُ means “oath,” and الْغَمُوسُ means “plunging” or “immersing”: a deliberately false oath that plunges a person into sin. The image emphasizes gravity.

Example: someone knowingly swears falsely to conceal what he did. A deliberate false oath is grave even when no money was taken.