Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 100 (2:100)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

أَوَكُلَّمَا عَٰهَدُوا۟ عَهْدًا نَّبَذَهُۥ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Quran 2:100 is ayah 100 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 15 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:100
أَوَكُلَّمَاعَٰهَدُوا۟عَهْدًانَّبَذَهُۥفَرِيقٌمِّنْهُم ۚبَلْأَكْثَرُهُمْلَايُؤْمِنُونَ١٠٠
awakullamā ʿāhadū ʿahdan nabadhahu farīqun min'hum bal aktharuhum lā yu'minūna

Is it not [true] that every time they took a covenant a party of them threw it away? But, [in fact], most of them do not believe.(100)

Word by word

  1. أَوَكُلَّمَاawakullamāAnd is (it not that) whenever
  2. عَٰهَدُوا۟ʿāhadūthey took
  3. عَهْدًاʿahdana covenant
  4. نَّبَذَهُۥnabadhahuthrew it away
  5. فَرِيقٌfarīquna party
  6. مِّنْهُم ۚmin'humof them
  7. بَلْbalNay
  8. أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
  9. لَاlā(do) not
  10. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve

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