Quran 16:91 — An-Nahl, verse 91
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Fulfil any pledge you make in God’s name and do not break oaths after you have sworn them, for you have made God your surety: God knows everything you do.
وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ إِذَا عَاهَدْتُمْ وَلَا تَنْقُضُوا الْأَيْمَانَ بَعْدَ تَوْكِيدِهَا وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَفِيلًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
wa-awfū biʿahdi l-lahi idhā ʿāhadttum walā tanquḍū l-aymāna baʿda tawkīdihā waqad jaʿaltumu l-laha ʿalaykum kafīlan inna l-laha yaʿlamu mā tafʿalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Fulfil God's covenant, when you make covenant, and break not the oaths after they have been confirmed, and you have made God your surety; surely God knows the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- And be true to your bond with God whenever you bind yourselves by a pledge, and do not break [your] oaths after having [freely] confirmed them and having called upon God to be witness to your good faith: behold, God knows all that you do.
- Sahih International
- And fulfill the covenant of Allāh when you have taken it, [O believers], and do not break oaths after their confirmation while you have made Allāh, over you, a security [i.e., witness]. Indeed, Allāh knows what you do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfū | And fulfil | وفي |
| 2 | بِعَهْدِbiʿahdi | the covenant | عهد |
| 3 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 4 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 5 | عَـٰهَدتُّمْʿāhadttum | you have taken a covenant | عهد |
| 6 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 7 | تَنقُضُوا۟tanquḍū | break | نقض |
| 8 | ٱلْأَيْمَـٰنَl-aymāna | oaths | يمن |
| 9 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 10 | تَوْكِيدِهَاtawkīdihā | their confirmation | وكد |
| 11 | وَقَدْwaqad | while verily | — |
| 12 | جَعَلْتُمُjaʿaltumu | you have made | جعل |
| 13 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 14 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | over you | — |
| 15 | كَفِيلًا ۚkafīlan | a surety | كفل |
| 16 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 17 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 18 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | knows | علم |
| 19 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 20 | تَفْعَلُونَtafʿalūna | you do | فعل |