Quran 2:100 — Al-Baqara, verse 100
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How is it that whenever they make a covenant or a pledge, some of them throw it away? In fact, most of them do not believe.
أَوَكُلَّمَا عَاهَدُوا عَهْدًا نَبَذَهُ فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
awakullamā ʿāhadū ʿahdan nabadhahu farīqun min'hum bal aktharuhum lā yu'minūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Why, whensoever they have made a covenant, does a party of them reject it? Nay, but the most of them are unbelievers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Is it not so that every time they made a promise [unto God], some of them cast it aside? Nay, indeed: most of them do not believe.
- Sahih International
- Is it not [true] that every time they took a covenant a party of them threw it away? But, [in fact], most of them do not believe.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوَكُلَّمَاawakullamā | And is (it not that) whenever | كلل |
| 2 | عَـٰهَدُوا۟ʿāhadū | they took | عهد |
| 3 | عَهْدًۭاʿahdan | a covenant | عهد |
| 4 | نَّبَذَهُۥnabadhahu | threw it away | نبذ |
| 5 | فَرِيقٌۭfarīqun | a party | فرق |
| 6 | مِّنْهُم ۚmin'hum | of them | — |
| 7 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 8 | أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhum | most of them | كثر |
| 9 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 10 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | believe | أمن |