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An-Nahl 91

Ayah 91 of 128 · Meccan

وَأَوۡفُواْ بِعَهۡدِ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا عَٰهَدتُّمۡ وَلَا تَنقُضُواْ ٱلۡأَيۡمَٰنَ بَعۡدَ تَوۡكِيدِهَا وَقَدۡ جَعَلۡتُمُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ كَفِيلًاۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ٩١

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَوۡفُواْAnd fulfilwa-awfū
  2. بِعَهۡدِthe covenantbiʿahdi
  3. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  4. إِذَاwhenidhā
  5. عَٰهَدتُّمۡyou have taken a covenantʿāhadttum
  6. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  7. تَنقُضُواْbreaktanquḍū
  8. ٱلۡأَيۡمَٰنَoathsl-aymāna
  9. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  10. تَوۡكِيدِهَاtheir confirmationtawkīdihā
  11. وَقَدۡwhile verilywaqad
  12. جَعَلۡتُمُyou have madejaʿaltumu
  13. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  14. عَلَيۡكُمۡover youʿalaykum
  15. كَفِيلًاۚa suretykafīlan
  16. إِنَّIndeedinna
  17. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  18. يَعۡلَمُknowsyaʿlamu
  19. مَاwhatmā
  20. تَفۡعَلُونَyou dotafʿalūna

Tafsir

Fulfil every pledge that you made to Allah or that you made to people. Do not break oaths after making them binding by swearing by Allah, when you have made Allah a witness to the oath that you swore. Allah knows what you do. Nothing is hidden from Him and He will recompense you for that.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran