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Surah al-Ahzab (The Confederates) 33 : 15

وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ عَٰهَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ۚ وَكَانَ عَهْدُ ٱللَّهِ مَسْـُٔولًا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
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.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(33:15:1)
(33:15:2)
kānū
they had
(33:15:3)
ʿāhadū
promised
(33:15:4)
l-laha
Allah
(33:15:5)
(33:15:6)
qablu
before
(33:15:7)
(33:15:8)
yuwallūna
they would turn
(33:15:9)
l-adbāra
their backs
(33:15:10)
wakāna
And is
(33:15:11)
ʿahdu
(the) promise
(33:15:12)
l-lahi
(to) Allah
(33:15:13)
masūlan
to be questioned

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Explanatory Note

Thus the Qur’ān exposed their reality and put them naked before the mirror to see themselves as they truly were. It then accused them of breaking their clear pledges which they had earlier given to none other than God. Yet they were heedless of their promises and pledges: “They had previously vowed before God that they would never turn their backs in flight. A vow made to God must surely be answered for.”

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The Surah discusses three important events which are: the Battle of the Trench (or Al-Ahzab: the Confederates) which took place in the month of Shawwal 5 A.H.; the raid on Banu Quraythah which was made in Dhil-Qa’dah 5 A.H.; and the Prophet’s marriage with Zaynab which also was contracted in Dhil-Qa’dah 5 A.H. These historical events accurately determine the period of the revelation of this Surah.

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