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Al-Baqarah 100

Ayah 100 of 286 · Medinan

أَوَكُلَّمَا عَٰهَدُواْ عَهۡدٗا نَّبَذَهُۥ فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُمۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٠٠

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَوَكُلَّمَاAnd is (it not that) wheneverawakullamā
  2. عَٰهَدُواْthey tookʿāhadū
  3. عَهۡدٗاa covenantʿahdan
  4. نَّبَذَهُۥthrew it awaynabadhahu
  5. فَرِيقٞa partyfarīqun
  6. مِّنۡهُمۚof themmin'hum
  7. بَلۡNaybal
  8. أَكۡثَرُهُمۡmost of themaktharuhum
  9. لَا(do) notlā
  10. يُؤۡمِنُونَbelieveyu'minūna

Tafsir

Due to their corrupt state, a group of the Jews would always break any commitment that they made, including the duty to have faith in what the Torah revealed about the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him). Most of them do not really have faith in what Allah revealed, because faith leads to keeping to and honouring commitments and promises.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran