Quran 33:15 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Yet they had already promised God that they would not turn tail and flee, and a promise to God will be answered for.
وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ قَبْلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ الْأَدْبَارَ ۚ وَكَانَ عَهْدُ اللَّهِ مَسْئُولًا
walaqad kānū ʿāhadū l-laha min qablu lā yuwallūna l-adbāra wakāna ʿahdu l-lahi masūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet they had made covenant with God before that, that they would not turn their backs; and covenants with God shall be questioned of
- Muhammad Asad
- although ere that they had vowed before God that they would never turn their backs [on His message]: and a vow made to God must surely be answered for!
- Sahih International
- And they had already promised Allāh before not to turn their backs [i.e., flee]. And ever is the promise to Allāh [that about which one will be] questioned.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they had | كون |
| 3 | عَـٰهَدُوا۟ʿāhadū | promised | عهد |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 6 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 7 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 8 | يُوَلُّونَyuwallūna | they would turn | ولي |
| 9 | ٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَ ۚl-adbāra | their backs | دبر |
| 10 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 11 | عَهْدُʿahdu | (the) promise | عهد |
| 12 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (to) Allah | أله |
| 13 | مَسْـُٔولًۭاmasūlan | to be questioned | سأل |