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Verse 15of 73

وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ عَٰهَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ۚ وَكَانَ عَهْدُ ٱللَّهِ مَسْـُٔولًۭا﴿١٥

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوْرَةٌ وَمَا هِىَ بِعَوْرَةٍ إِن يُرِيدُونَ إِلاَّ فِرَاراً("Truly, our homes lie open." And they lay not open. They but wished to flee.) If the enemy had entered upon them from every side of Al-Madinah and from every direction, then demanded that they become disbelievers, they would have promptly done so. They would not have adhered to their faith or remained steadfast in it if they were faced with the slightest fear.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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