Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:15

33:15

وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ ٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَ ۚ وَكَانَ عَهْدُ ٱللَّهِ مَسْـُٔولًا

walaqad kānū ʿāhadū l-laha min qablu lā yuwallūna l-adbāra wakāna ʿahdu l-lahi masūlan

And they had already promised Allāh before not to turn their backs [i.e., flee]. And ever is the promise to Allāh [that about which one will be] questioned.

— Saheeh International

Yet they had already promised God that they would not turn tail and flee, and a promise to God will be answered for.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed they had already made a covenant with Allâh not to turn their backs, and a covenant with Allâh must be answered for.

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

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وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
كَانُوا۟kānūthey had
عَـٰهَدُوا۟ʿāhadūpromised
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
لَاlānot
يُوَلُّونَyuwallūnathey would turn
ٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَۚl-adbāratheir backs
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
عَهْدُʿahdu(the) promise
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(to) Allah
مَسْـُٔولًۭاmasūlanto be questioned