Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:23

33:23

مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا۟ مَا عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن قَضَىٰ نَحْبَهُۥ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنتَظِرُ ۖ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا۟ تَبْدِيلًا

mina l-mu'minīna rijālun ṣadaqū mā ʿāhadū l-laha ʿalayhi famin'hum man qaḍā naḥbahu wamin'hum man yantaẓiru wamā baddalū tabdīlan

Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allāh. Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [to the death], and among them is he who awaits [his chance]. And they did not alter [the terms of their commitment] by any alteration -

— Saheeh International

There are men among the believers who honoured their pledge to God: some of them have fulfilled it by death, and some are still waiting. They have not changed in the least.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allâh [i.e. they have gone out for Jihâd (holy fighting), and showed not their backs to the disbelievers]; of them some have fulfilled their obligations (i.e. have been martyred); and some of them are still waiting, but they have never changed [i.e. they never proved treacherous to their covenant which they concluded with Allâh] in the least.

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

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مِّنَminaAmong
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
رِجَالٌۭrijālun(are) men
صَدَقُوا۟ṣadaqū(who) have been true
مَاmā(to) what
عَـٰهَدُوا۟ʿāhadūthey promised Allah
ٱللَّهَl-lahathey promised Allah
عَلَيْهِۖʿalayhi[on it]
فَمِنْهُمfamin'humAnd among them
مَّنman(is he) who
قَضَىٰqaḍāhas fulfilled
نَحْبَهُۥnaḥbahuhis vow
وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand among them
مَّنman(is he) who
يَنتَظِرُۖyantaẓiruawaits
وَمَاwamāAnd not
بَدَّلُوا۟baddalūthey alter
تَبْدِيلًۭاtabdīlan(by) any alteration