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Al-Fath (The Victory)

Verse 10of 29

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَايِعُونَكَ إِنَّمَا يُبَايِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ يَدُ ٱللَّهِ فَوْقَ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۚ فَمَن نَّكَثَ فَإِنَّمَا يَنكُثُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِمَا عَٰهَدَ عَلَيْهُ ٱللَّهَ فَسَيُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًۭا﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you, [O Muhammad] - they are actually pledging allegiance to Allah. The hand of Allah is over their hands. So he who breaks his word only breaks it to the detriment of himself. And he who fulfills that which he has promised Allah - He will give him a great reward.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يُبَايِعُونَكَyubāyiʿūnakapledge allegiance to you
إِنَّمَاinnamāonly
يُبَايِعُونَyubāyiʿūnathey pledge allegiance
ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
يَدُyadu(The) Hand
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
فَوْقَfawqa(is) over
أَيْدِيهِمْ ۚaydīhimtheir hands
فَمَنfamanThen whoever
نَّكَثَnakathabreaks (his oath)
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
يَنكُثُyankuthuhe breaks
عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
نَفْسِهِۦ ۖnafsihihimself
وَمَنْwamanand whoever
أَوْفَىٰawfāfulfils
بِمَاbimāwhat
عَـٰهَدَʿāhadahe has covenanted
عَلَيْهُʿalayhu(with)
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
فَسَيُؤْتِيهِfasayu'tīhisoon He will give him
أَجْرًاajrana reward
عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīmangreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Qualities of the Messenger of Allah ﷺAllah the Exalted says to His Prophet, Muhammad ﷺ,إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَـكَ شَاهِداً(Verily, We have sent you as a witness,) of the creation,وَمُبَشِّراً(as a bearer of glad tidings,) to the believers,وَنَذِيرًا(and as a warner.) to the disbelievers. We explained these meanings in the Tafsir of Surat Al-Ahzab.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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