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?"1 They said, "We have acknowledged it." He said, "Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."
وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُۥۚand you must help himwalatanṣurunnahu
قَالَHe saidqāla
ءَأَقۡرَرۡتُمۡDo you affirma-aqrartum
وَأَخَذۡتُمۡand takewa-akhadhtum
عَلَىٰonʿalā
ذَٰلِكُمۡthat (condition)dhālikum
إِصۡرِيۖMy Covenantiṣ'rī
قَالُوٓاْThey saidqālū
أَقۡرَرۡنَاۚWe affirmaqrarnā
قَالَHe saidqāla
فَٱشۡهَدُواْThen bear witnessfa-ish'hadū
وَأَنَا۠and I (am)wa-anā
مَعَكُمwith youmaʿakum
مِّنَamongmina
ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَthe witnessesl-shāhidīna
Tafsir
Remember, O Messenger, when Allah took an affirmed promise from the prophets, saying to them: If I give you a revealed book, teach you wisdom and make you reach a high rank and status, and then My Messenger comes to you confirming the book and wisdom that you have, then you must accept what he brings and help him as his followers. Do you, O prophets, accept this and give Me a firm commitment for that? They replied, ‘We accept that’. Allah said: Bear witness against yourselves and your communities, and I will also be a witness against you and them.