لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغۡوِ فِيٓ أَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا عَقَّدتُّمُ ٱلۡأَيۡمَٰنَۖ فَكَفَّٰرَتُهُۥٓ إِطۡعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَٰكِينَ مِنۡ أَوۡسَطِ مَا تُطۡعِمُونَ أَهۡلِيكُمۡ أَوۡ كِسۡوَتُهُمۡ أَوۡ تَحۡرِيرُ رَقَبَةٖۖ فَمَن لَّمۡ يَجِدۡ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَٰثَةِ أَيَّامٖۚ ذَٰلِكَ كَفَّٰرَةُ أَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡ إِذَا حَلَفۡتُمۡۚ وَٱحۡفَظُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ٨٩
Lā yu'ākhidhukumullāhu bil-laghwi fī aymānikum walākin yu'ākhidhukum bimā 'aqqattumul-aymāna fakaffāratuhū it'āmu 'asharati masākīna min awsati mā tut'imūna ahlīkum aw kiswatuhum aw tahrīru raqabatin famal lam yajid fasiyāmu thalāthati ayyāmin dhālika kaffāratu aymānikum idhā halaftum wahfazū aymānakum kadhālika yubayyinullāhu lakum āyātihī la'allakum tashkurūn
Allāh will not impose blame upon you for what is meaningless279 in your oaths, but He will impose blame upon you for [breaking] what you intended of oaths. So its expiation280 is the feeding of ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your [own] families or clothing them or the freeing of a slave. But whoever cannot find [or afford it] - then a fast of three days [is required]. That is the expiation for oaths when you have sworn. But guard your oaths.281 Thus does Allāh make clear to you His verses [i.e., revealed law] that you may be grateful.
Footnotes
279 i.e., what is sworn to only out of habit of speech or what one utters carelessly without true intent.
280 i.e., that for a deliberate oath.
281 i.e., do not take oaths indiscriminately or swear to do that which is sinful, requiring expiation.