Quran 3:81

Surah Aal-i-Imraan, Verse 81

Juz 3 · Page 60 · Ruku 50 · Medinan

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَٰقَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ لَمَآ ءَاتَيْتُكُم مِّن كِتَٰبٍ وَحِكْمَةٍ ثُمَّ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِۦ وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُۥ قَالَ ءَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمْ إِصْرِى قَالُوٓا۟ أَقْرَرْنَا قَالَ فَٱشْهَدُوا۟ وَأَنَا۠ مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

Word by word

وَإِذْ wa-idh And when أَخَذَ akhadha took ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah مِيثَـٰقَ mīthāqa covenant ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ l-nabiyīna (of) the Prophets لَمَآ lamā Certainly, whatever ءَاتَيْتُكُم ātaytukum I (have) given you مِّن min of كِتَـٰبٍۢ kitābin (the) Book وَحِكْمَةٍۢ waḥik'matin and wisdom ثُمَّ thumma then جَآءَكُمْ jāakum comes to you رَسُولٌۭ rasūlun a Messenger مُّصَدِّقٌۭ muṣaddiqun confirming لِّمَا limā that which مَعَكُمْ maʿakum (is) with you لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ latu'minunna you must believe بِهِۦ bihi in him وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُۥ ۚ walatanṣurunnahu and you must help him قَالَ qāla He said ءَأَقْرَرْتُمْ a-aqrartum Do you affirm وَأَخَذْتُمْ wa-akhadhtum and take عَلَىٰ ʿalā on ذَٰلِكُمْ dhālikum that (condition) إِصْرِى ۖ iṣ'rī My Covenant قَالُوٓا۟ qālū They said أَقْرَرْنَا ۚ aqrarnā We affirm قَالَ qāla He said فَٱشْهَدُوا۟ fa-ish'hadū Then bear witness وَأَنَا۠ wa-anā and I (am) مَعَكُم maʿakum with you مِّنَ mina among ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ l-shāhidīna the witnesses

Transliteration

Wa-ith akhatha Allahumeethaqa annabiyyeena lama ataytukummin kitabin wahikmatin thumma jaakumrasoolun musaddiqun lima maAAakum latu/minunna bihiwalatansurunnahu qala aaqrartum waakhathtumAAala thalikum isree qaloo aqrarnaqala fashhadoo waana maAAakum mina ashshahideen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

When Allah made (His) covenant with the prophets, (He said): Behold that which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And afterward there will come unto you a messenger, confirming that which ye possess. Ye shall believe in him and ye shall help him. He said: Do ye agree, and will ye take up My burden (which I lay upon you) in this (matter)? They answered: We agree. He said: Then bear ye witness. I will be a witness with you.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Behold! Allah took the covenant of the prophets, saying: "I give you a Book and Wisdom; then comes to you a messenger, confirming what is with you; do ye believe in him and render him help." Allah said: "Do ye agree, and take this my Covenant as binding on you?" They said: "We agree." He said: "Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى أنه أخذ ميثاق كل نبي بعثه من لدن آدم ، عليه السلام ، إلى عيسى ، عليه السلام ، لمهما آتى الله أحدهم من كتاب وحكمة ، وبلغ أي مبلغ ، ثم جاءه رسول من بعده ، ليؤمنن به ولينصرنه ، ولا يمنعه ما هو فيه من العلم والنبوة من اتباع من بعث بعده ونصرته ، ولهذا قال تعالى وتقدس : ( وإذ أخذ الله ميثاق النبيين لما آتيتكم من كتاب وحكمة ) أي : لمهما أعطيتكم من كتاب وحكمة ( ثم جاءكم رسول مصدق لما معكم لتؤمنن به ولتنصرنه قال أأقررتم وأخذتم على ذلكم إصري )

وقال ابن عباس ، ومجاهد ، والربيع ، وقتادة ، والسدي : يعني عهدي .

وقال محمد بن إسحاق : ( إصري ) أي : ثقل ما حملتم من عهدي ، أي ميثاقي الشديد المؤكد .

( قالوا أقررنا قال فاشهدوا وأنا معكم من الشاهدين)