Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:91

16:91

وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِعَهْدِ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا عَـٰهَدتُّمْ وَلَا تَنقُضُوا۟ ٱلْأَيْمَـٰنَ بَعْدَ تَوْكِيدِهَا وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَفِيلًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

wa-awfū biʿahdi l-lahi idhā ʿāhadttum walā tanquḍū l-aymāna baʿda tawkīdihā waqad jaʿaltumu l-laha ʿalaykum kafīlan inna l-laha yaʿlamu mā tafʿalūna

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.

— Saheeh International

Fulfil any pledge you make in God’s name and do not break oaths after you have sworn them, for you have made God your surety: God knows everything you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And fulfil the Covenant of Allâh (Bai‘ah: pledge for Islâm) when you have covenanted, and break not the oaths after you have confirmed them - and indeed you have appointed Allâh your surety. Verily! Allâh knows what you do.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfūAnd fulfil
بِعَهْدِbiʿahdithe covenant
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
إِذَاidhāwhen
عَـٰهَدتُّمْʿāhadttumyou have taken a covenant
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَنقُضُوا۟tanquḍūbreak
ٱلْأَيْمَـٰنَl-aymānaoaths
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
تَوْكِيدِهَاtawkīdihātheir confirmation
وَقَدْwaqadwhile verily
جَعَلْتُمُjaʿaltumuyou have made
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
كَفِيلًاۚkafīlana surety
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
مَاmāwhat
تَفْعَلُونَtafʿalūnayou do