Quran 3:81 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God took a pledge from the prophets, saying, ‘If, after I have bestowed Scripture and wisdom upon you, a messenger comes confirming what you have been given, you must believe in him and support him. Do you affirm this and accept My pledge as binding on you?’ They said, ‘We do.’ He said, ‘Then bear witness and I too will bear witness.’
وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ النَّبِيِّينَ لَمَا آتَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ كِتَابٍ وَحِكْمَةٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مُصَدِّقٌ لِمَا مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِ وَلَتَنْصُرُنَّهُ ۚ قَالَ أَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمْ إِصْرِي ۖ قَالُوا أَقْرَرْنَا ۚ قَالَ فَاشْهَدُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ
wa-idh akhadha l-lahu mīthāqa l-nabiyīna lamā ātaytukum min kitābin waḥik'matin thumma jāakum rasūlun muṣaddiqun limā maʿakum latu'minunna bihi walatanṣurunnahu qāla a-aqrartum wa-akhadhtum ʿalā dhālikum iṣ'rī qālū aqrarnā qāla fa-ish'hadū wa-anā maʿakum mina l-shāhidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when God took compact with the Prophets: 'That I have given you of Book and Wisdom; then there shall come to you a Messenger confirming what is with you -- you shall believe in him and you shall help him; do you agree?' He said. 'And do you take My load on you on that condition?' They said, 'We do agree.' God said, 'Bear witness so, and I shall be with you among the witnesses.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND, LO, God accepted, through the prophets, this solemn pledge [from the followers of earlier revelation]: "If, after all the revelation and the wisdom which I have vouchsafed unto you, there comes to you an apostle confirming the truth already in your possession, you must believe in him and succour him. Do you" - said He - "acknowledge and accept My bond on this condition?" They answered: "We do acknowledge it." Said He: "Then bear witness [thereto], and I shall be your witness.
- Sahih International
- And [recall, O People of the Scripture], when Allāh took the covenant of the prophets, [saying], "Whatever I give you of the Scripture and wisdom and then there comes to you a messenger confirming what is with you, you [must] believe in him and support him." [Allāh] said, "Have you acknowledged and taken upon that My commitment?" They said, "We have acknowledged it." He said, "Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | أَخَذَakhadha | took | أخذ |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 4 | مِيثَـٰقَmīthāqa | covenant | وثق |
| 5 | ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīna | (of) the Prophets | نبأ |
| 6 | لَمَآlamā | Certainly, whatever | — |
| 7 | ءَاتَيْتُكُمātaytukum | I (have) given you | أتي |
| 8 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 9 | كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābin | (the) Book | كتب |
| 10 | وَحِكْمَةٍۢwaḥik'matin | and wisdom | حكم |
| 11 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 12 | جَآءَكُمْjāakum | comes to you | جيأ |
| 13 | رَسُولٌۭrasūlun | a Messenger | رسل |
| 14 | مُّصَدِّقٌۭmuṣaddiqun | confirming | صدق |
| 15 | لِّمَاlimā | that which | — |
| 16 | مَعَكُمْmaʿakum | (is) with you | — |
| 17 | لَتُؤْمِنُنَّlatu'minunna | you must believe | أمن |
| 18 | بِهِۦbihi | in him | — |
| 19 | وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُۥ ۚwalatanṣurunnahu | and you must help him | نصر |
| 20 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 21 | ءَأَقْرَرْتُمْa-aqrartum | Do you affirm | قرر |
| 22 | وَأَخَذْتُمْwa-akhadhtum | and take | أخذ |
| 23 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 24 | ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikum | that (condition) | — |
| 25 | إِصْرِى ۖiṣ'rī | My Covenant | أصر |
| 26 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 27 | أَقْرَرْنَا ۚaqrarnā | We affirm | قرر |
| 28 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 29 | فَٱشْهَدُوا۟fa-ish'hadū | Then bear witness | شهد |
| 30 | وَأَنَا۠wa-anā | and I (am) | — |
| 31 | مَعَكُمmaʿakum | with you | — |
| 32 | مِّنَmina | among | — |
| 33 | ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīna | the witnesses | شهد |