Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:100

2:100

أَوَكُلَّمَا عَـٰهَدُوا۟ عَهْدًا نَّبَذَهُۥ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

awakullamā ʿāhadū ʿahdan nabadhahu farīqun min'hum bal aktharuhum lā yu'minūna

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.

— Saheeh International

How is it that whenever they make a covenant or a pledge, some of them throw it away? In fact, most of them do not believe.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Is it not (the case) that every time they make a covenant, some party among them throw it aside? Nay! (the truth is:) most of them believe not.

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

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Word by Word

أَوَكُلَّمَاawakullamāAnd is (it not that) whenever
عَـٰهَدُوا۟ʿāhadūthey took
عَهْدًۭاʿahdana covenant
نَّبَذَهُۥnabadhahuthrew it away
فَرِيقٌۭfarīquna party
مِّنْهُمۚmin'humof them
بَلْbalNay
أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
لَاlā(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve