Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the fifteenth verse of chapter 33 (sūrat l-aḥzāb). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (33) sūrat l-aḥzāb (The Combined Forces)

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.

Pickthall: And verily they had already sworn unto Allah that they would not turn their backs (to the foe). An oath to Allah must be answered for.

Yusuf Ali: And yet they had already covenanted with Allah not to turn their backs, and a covenant with Allah must (surely) be answered for.

Shakir: And certainly they had made a covenant with Allah before, that) they would not turn (their) backs; and Allah's covenant shall be inquired of.

Muhammad Sarwar: They had certainly promised God that they would not turn away. To promise God is certainly a (great) responsibility.

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

Arberry: Yet they had made covenant with God before that, that they would not turn their backs; and covenants with God shall be questioned of

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See Also

• Verse (33:15) Morphology - description of each Arabic word