# Ayn-he-Dal — عهد (Ehd)

> Occurs in 46 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Ehd

- **Meaning:** to enjoin/charge/impose/swear. ahdun - treaty/covenant/promise/agreement/compact/oath, bond, condition, bequest, responsibility, guarantee, time, epoch, acquaintance, true, friendship, affection, security.
- **Derived forms:** عَهِدَ (6) · عَهْد (29) · عَٰهَدَ (11)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدَ — ʿahda · "(the) Covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ م۪يثَاقِه۪ۖ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَٓا اَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Allatheena yanqudoona AAahdaAllahi min baAAdi meethaqihi wayaqtaAAoona maamara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayufsidoona fee al-ardiola-ika humu alkhasiroon

Those who break the covenant with God after its agreement, and sever what God commanded to be joined, and work corruption in the land; it is they who are the losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-27.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** بِعَهْدِىٓ — biʿahdī · "My Covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَا بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّت۪ٓي اَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَاَوْفُوا بِعَهْد۪ٓي اُو۫فِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَاِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ

Ya banee isra-eela othkurooniAAmatiya allatee anAAamtu AAalaykum waawfoo biAAahdee oofibiAAahdikum wa-iyyaya farhaboon

O children of Israel: remember My favour wherewith I favoured you; and fulfil the covenant with Me, and I will fulfil the covenant with you; and Me — be you in fear of Me.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-40.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** بِعَهْدِكُمْ — biʿahdikum · "your covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَا بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّت۪ٓي اَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَاَوْفُوا بِعَهْد۪ٓي اُو۫فِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَاِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ

Ya banee isra-eela othkurooniAAmatiya allatee anAAamtu AAalaykum waawfoo biAAahdee oofibiAAahdikum wa-iyyaya farhaboon

O children of Israel: remember My favour wherewith I favoured you; and fulfil the covenant with Me, and I will fulfil the covenant with you; and Me — be you in fear of Me.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-40.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدًۭا — ʿahdan · "a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالُوا لَنْ تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ اِلَّٓا اَيَّاماً مَعْدُودَةًۜ قُلْ اَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ عَهْداً فَلَنْ يُخْلِفَ اللّٰهُ عَهْدَهُٓ اَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Waqaloo lan tamassana annaruilla ayyaman maAAdoodatan qul attakhathtumAAinda Allahi AAahdan falan yukhlifa AllahuAAahdahu am taqooloona AAala Allahi ma lataAAlamoon

And they say: “The Fire will not touch us save days numbered.” Say thou: “Have you taken a covenant with God — for God will not fail in His covenant — or do you ascribe to God what you know not?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-80.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدَهُۥٓ ۖ — ʿahdahu · "His Covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَقَالُوا لَنْ تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ اِلَّٓا اَيَّاماً مَعْدُودَةًۜ قُلْ اَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ عَهْداً فَلَنْ يُخْلِفَ اللّٰهُ عَهْدَهُٓ اَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Waqaloo lan tamassana annaruilla ayyaman maAAdoodatan qul attakhathtumAAinda Allahi AAahdan falan yukhlifa AllahuAAahdahu am taqooloona AAala Allahi ma lataAAlamoon

And they say: “The Fire will not touch us save days numbered.” Say thou: “Have you taken a covenant with God — for God will not fail in His covenant — or do you ascribe to God what you know not?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-80.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** عَـٰهَدُوا۟ — ʿāhadū · "they took"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اَوَكُلَّمَا عَاهَدُوا عَهْداً نَبَذَهُ فَر۪يقٌ مِنْهُمْۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Awa kullama AAahadoo AAahdannabathahu fareequn minhum bal aktharuhum layu/minoon

Whenever they made a covenant, did not a faction among them reject it? The truth is, most of them do not believe.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-100.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدًۭا — ʿahdan · "a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَوَكُلَّمَا عَاهَدُوا عَهْداً نَبَذَهُ فَر۪يقٌ مِنْهُمْۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Awa kullama AAahadoo AAahdannabathahu fareequn minhum bal aktharuhum layu/minoon

Whenever they made a covenant, did not a faction among them reject it? The truth is, most of them do not believe.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-100.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 124

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدِى — ʿahdī · "My Covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَاِذِ ابْتَلٰٓى اِبْرٰه۪يمَ رَبُّهُ بِكَلِمَاتٍ فَاَتَمَّهُنَّۜ قَالَ اِنّ۪ي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ اِمَاماًۜ قَالَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّت۪يۜ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِي الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Wa-ithi ibtala ibraheemarabbuhu bikalimatin faatammahunna qala innee jaAAilukalinnasi imaman qala wamin thurriyyateeqala la yanalu AAahdee aththalimeen

And when his Lord tried Abraham with words and he fulfilled them, He said: “I will make thee a leader for mankind.” Said he: “And of my progeny?” He said: “My covenant does not reach the wrongdoers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-124.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 125

- **Form in this verse:** وَعَهِدْنَآ — waʿahid'nā · "And We made a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَاِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَاَمْناًۜ وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ مُصَلًّىۜ  وَعَهِدْنَٓا اِلٰٓى اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ اَنْ طَهِّرَا بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّٓائِف۪ينَ وَالْعَاكِف۪ينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ

Wa-ith jaAAalna albayta mathabatanlinnasi waamnan wattakhithoo minmaqami ibraheema musallan waAAahidnaila ibraheema wa-ismaAAeela an tahhirabaytiya litta-ifeena walAAakifeenawarrukkaAAi assujood

And when We made the house a meeting place for mankind, and a place of security — and make from the station of Abraham a place of duty — and We made a covenant with Abraham and Ishmael: “Purify My house for those who walk around, and those who remain, and the lowly and the submitting.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-125.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 177

- **Form in this verse:** بِعَهْدِهِمْ — biʿahdihim · "their covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ اَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيّ۪نَۚ وَاٰتَى الْمَالَ عَلٰى حُبِّه۪ ذَوِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينَ وَابْنَ السَّب۪يلِ وَالسَّٓائِل۪ينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِۚ وَاَقَامَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَى الزَّكٰوةَۚ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ اِذَا عَاهَدُواۚ وَالصَّابِر۪ينَ فِي الْبَأْسَٓاءِ وَالضَّرَّٓاءِ وَح۪ينَ الْبَأْسِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ صَدَقُواۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ

Laysa albirra an tuwalloo wujoohakum qibalaalmashriqi walmaghribi walakinna albirra man amanabillahi walyawmi al-akhiri walmala-ikatiwalkitabi wannabiyyeena waataalmala AAala hubbihi thawee alqurbawalyatama walmasakeena wabnaalssabeeli wassa-ileena wafee arriqabiwaaqama assalata waataazzakata walmoofoona biAAahdihim ithaAAahadoo wassabireena fee alba/sa-iwaddarra-i waheena alba/si ola-ikaallatheena sadaqoo waola-ika humualmuttaqoon

It is not virtue that you turn your faces towards the East and the West. But virtue is: one who believes in God, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Writ, and the prophets, and gives wealth in spite of love of it to relatives, and the fatherless, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and to manumit slaves; and who upholds the duty, and renders the purity; and those who keep their covenant when they make a covenant; and the patient in affliction and adversity, and during conflict: those are they who are sincere; and it is they who are those of prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-177.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 177

- **Form in this verse:** عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ۖ — ʿāhadū · "they make it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ اَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيّ۪نَۚ وَاٰتَى الْمَالَ عَلٰى حُبِّه۪ ذَوِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينَ وَابْنَ السَّب۪يلِ وَالسَّٓائِل۪ينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِۚ وَاَقَامَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَى الزَّكٰوةَۚ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ اِذَا عَاهَدُواۚ وَالصَّابِر۪ينَ فِي الْبَأْسَٓاءِ وَالضَّرَّٓاءِ وَح۪ينَ الْبَأْسِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ صَدَقُواۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ

Laysa albirra an tuwalloo wujoohakum qibalaalmashriqi walmaghribi walakinna albirra man amanabillahi walyawmi al-akhiri walmala-ikatiwalkitabi wannabiyyeena waataalmala AAala hubbihi thawee alqurbawalyatama walmasakeena wabnaalssabeeli wassa-ileena wafee arriqabiwaaqama assalata waataazzakata walmoofoona biAAahdihim ithaAAahadoo wassabireena fee alba/sa-iwaddarra-i waheena alba/si ola-ikaallatheena sadaqoo waola-ika humualmuttaqoon

It is not virtue that you turn your faces towards the East and the West. But virtue is: one who believes in God, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Writ, and the prophets, and gives wealth in spite of love of it to relatives, and the fatherless, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and to manumit slaves; and who upholds the duty, and renders the purity; and those who keep their covenant when they make a covenant; and the patient in affliction and adversity, and during conflict: those are they who are sincere; and it is they who are those of prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-177.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** بِعَهْدِهِۦ — biʿahdihi · "his covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

بَلٰى مَنْ اَوْفٰى بِعَهْدِه۪ وَاتَّقٰى فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Bala man awfa biAAahdihi wattaqafa-inna Allaha yuhibbu almuttaqeen

Verily, whoso fulfils his covenant and is in prudent fear: God loves those of prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-76.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** بِعَهْدِ — biʿahdi · "(the) Covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ وَاَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَناً قَل۪يلاً اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَا خَلَاقَ لَهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَلَا يَنْظُرُ اِلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَلَا يُزَكّ۪يهِمْۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Inna allatheena yashtaroona biAAahdiAllahi waaymanihim thamanan qaleelan ola-ikala khalaqa lahum fee al-akhirati walayukallimuhumu Allahu wala yanthuruilayhim yawma alqiyamati wala yuzakkeehim walahumAAathabun aleem

Those who sell the covenant of God and their oaths at a cheap price: those have no portion in the Hereafter; and God will not speak to them or look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He increase them in purity. And they have a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-77.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 183

- **Form in this verse:** عَهِدَ — ʿahida · "(has) taken promise"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ قَالُٓوا اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَهِدَ اِلَيْنَٓا اَلَّا نُؤْمِنَ لِرَسُولٍ حَتّٰى يَأْتِيَنَا بِقُرْبَانٍ تَأْكُلُهُ النَّارُۜ قُلْ قَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِنْ قَبْل۪ي بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَبِالَّذ۪ي قُلْتُمْ فَلِمَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Allatheena qaloo inna AllahaAAahida ilayna alla nu/mina lirasoolin hattaya/tiyana biqurbanin ta/kuluhu annaruqul qad jaakum rusulun min qablee bilbayyinatiwabillathee qultum falima qataltumoohum in kutum sadiqeen

Those who said: “God has made a covenant with us, that we believe not any messenger until he brings us an offering consumed by fire.” Say thou: “There came to you messengers before me with clear signs, and with what you say; why then did you kill them, if you be truthful?”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-183.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 152

- **Form in this verse:** وَبِعَهْدِ — wabiʿahdi · "And (the) Covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ الْيَت۪يمِ اِلَّا بِالَّت۪ي هِيَ اَحْسَنُ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ اَشُدَّهُۚ وَاَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَالْم۪يزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِۚ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْساً اِلَّا وُسْعَهَا وَاِذَا قُلْتُمْ فَاعْدِلُوا وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبٰىۚ وَبِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ اَوْفُواۜ ذٰلِكُمْ وَصّٰيكُمْ بِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَۙ

Wala taqraboo mala alyateemiilla billatee hiya ahsanu hattayablugha ashuddahu waawfoo alkayla walmeezana bilqistila nukallifu nafsan illa wusAAaha wa-ithaqultum faAAdiloo walaw kana tha qurbawabiAAahdi Allahi awfoo thalikum wassakumbihi laAAallakum tathakkaroon

“And approach not the property of the fatherless save with what is better before he reaches his maturity; and fulfil the measure and the balance with equity,” — We burden not any soul save to its capacity — “and when you speak, be just (though he be a relative); and the covenant of God fulfil; — that He commanded you, that you might take heed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-152.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 102

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدٍۢ ۖ — ʿahdin · "covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِاَكْثَرِهِمْ مِنْ عَهْدٍۚ وَاِنْ وَجَدْنَٓا اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَاسِق۪ينَ

Wama wajadna li-aktharihimmin AAahdin wa-in wajadna aktharahum lafasiqeen

And We found not for most of them any covenant; but We found most of them perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-102.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 134

- **Form in this verse:** عَهِدَ — ʿahida · "He has promised"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّجْزُ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَۚ لَئِنْ كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا الرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَۚ

Walamma waqaAAa AAalayhimu arrijzuqaloo ya moosa odAAu lana rabbaka bimaAAahida AAindaka la-in kashafta AAanna arrijzalanu/minanna laka walanursilanna maAAaka banee isra-eel

And when the scourge came upon them, they said: “O Moses: call thou to thy Lord for us by what He covenanted with thee: if thou remove the scourge from us, we will believe thee, and send the children of Israel with thee.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-134.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** عَـٰهَدتَّ — ʿāhadtta · "you made a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ عَاهَدْتَ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَهُمْ ف۪ي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَتَّقُونَ

Allatheena AAahadta minhumthumma yanqudoona AAahdahum fee kulli marratin wahum layattaqoon

Those from whom thou takest a covenant, then they break their covenant every time; and they are not in prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-56.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدَهُمْ — ʿahdahum · "their covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ عَاهَدْتَ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَهُمْ ف۪ي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَتَّقُونَ

Allatheena AAahadta minhumthumma yanqudoona AAahdahum fee kulli marratin wahum layattaqoon

Those from whom thou takest a covenant, then they break their covenant every time; and they are not in prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-56.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** عَـٰهَدتُّم — ʿāhadttum · "you made a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

بَرَٓاءَةٌ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ٓ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ عَاهَدْتُمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَۜ

Baraatun mina Allahiwarasoolihi ila allatheena AAahadtum minaalmushrikeen

An acquittal from God and His messenger, to those with whom you made a covenant among the idolaters:

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-1.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** عَـٰهَدتُّم — ʿāhadttum · "you have a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ عَاهَدْتُمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْقُصُوكُمْ شَيْـٔاً وَلَمْ يُظَاهِرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ اَحَداً فَاَتِمُّٓوا اِلَيْهِمْ عَهْدَهُمْ اِلٰى مُدَّتِهِمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Illa allatheena AAahadtummina almushrikeena thumma lam yanqusookum shay-an walam yuthahirooAAalaykum ahadan faatimmoo ilayhim AAahdahum ilamuddatihim inna Allaha yuhibbu almuttaqeen

Save the idolaters with whom you made a covenant then who have not been deficient towards you in anything, nor assisted anyone against you; so fulfil to them your covenant to its term; God loves those of prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-4.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدَهُمْ — ʿahdahum · "their treaty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ عَاهَدْتُمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْقُصُوكُمْ شَيْـٔاً وَلَمْ يُظَاهِرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ اَحَداً فَاَتِمُّٓوا اِلَيْهِمْ عَهْدَهُمْ اِلٰى مُدَّتِهِمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Illa allatheena AAahadtummina almushrikeena thumma lam yanqusookum shay-an walam yuthahirooAAalaykum ahadan faatimmoo ilayhim AAahdahum ilamuddatihim inna Allaha yuhibbu almuttaqeen

Save the idolaters with whom you made a covenant then who have not been deficient towards you in anything, nor assisted anyone against you; so fulfil to them your covenant to its term; God loves those of prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-4.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدٌ — ʿahdun · "a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

كَيْفَ يَكُونُ لِلْمُشْرِك۪ينَ عَهْدٌ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ وَعِنْدَ رَسُولِه۪ٓ اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ عَاهَدْتُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِۚ فَمَا اسْتَقَامُوا لَكُمْ فَاسْتَق۪يمُوا لَهُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Kayfa yakoonu lilmushrikeena AAahdun AAindaAllahi waAAinda rasoolihi illa allatheena AAahadtumAAinda almasjidi alharami fama istaqamoolakum fastaqeemoo lahum inna Allaha yuhibbualmuttaqeen

How can there be for the idolaters a covenant with God and with His messenger save those with whom you made a covenant at the inviolable place of worship? — so long as they take a straight path with you, then take a straight path with them; God loves those of prudent fear —

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-7.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** عَـٰهَدتُّمْ — ʿāhadttum · "you made a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

كَيْفَ يَكُونُ لِلْمُشْرِك۪ينَ عَهْدٌ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ وَعِنْدَ رَسُولِه۪ٓ اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ عَاهَدْتُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِۚ فَمَا اسْتَقَامُوا لَكُمْ فَاسْتَق۪يمُوا لَهُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Kayfa yakoonu lilmushrikeena AAahdun AAindaAllahi waAAinda rasoolihi illa allatheena AAahadtumAAinda almasjidi alharami fama istaqamoolakum fastaqeemoo lahum inna Allaha yuhibbualmuttaqeen

How can there be for the idolaters a covenant with God and with His messenger save those with whom you made a covenant at the inviolable place of worship? — so long as they take a straight path with you, then take a straight path with them; God loves those of prudent fear —

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-7.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدِهِمْ — ʿahdihim · "their treaty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاِنْ نَكَثُٓوا اَيْمَانَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَهْدِهِمْ وَطَعَنُوا ف۪ي د۪ينِكُمْ فَقَاتِلُٓوا اَئِمَّةَ الْكُفْرِۙ اِنَّهُمْ لَٓا اَيْمَانَ لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَنْتَهُونَ

Wa-in nakathoo aymanahum min baAAdiAAahdihim wataAAanoo fee deenikum faqatilooa-immata alkufri innahum la aymana lahumlaAAallahum yantahoon

And if they renege on their oaths after their covenant and revile your doctrine, then fight the leaders of denial: they have no oaths that they might desist.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-12.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** عَـٰهَدَ — ʿāhada · "made a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ عَاهَدَ اللّٰهَ لَئِنْ اٰتٰينَا مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Waminhum man AAahada Allahala-in atana min fadlihi lanassaddaqannawalanakoonanna mina assaliheen

And among them is he who made a covenant with God: “If He gives us of His bounty, we will give charity and be among the righteous.”

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-75.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 111

- **Form in this verse:** بِعَهْدِهِۦ — biʿahdihi · "to his promise"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ اشْتَرٰى مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَاَمْوَالَهُمْ بِاَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَۜ يُقَاتِلُونَ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَيُقْتَلُونَ وَعْداً عَلَيْهِ حَقاًّ فِي التَّوْرٰيةِ وَالْاِنْج۪يلِ وَالْقُرْاٰنِۜ وَمَنْ اَوْفٰى بِعَهْدِه۪ مِنَ اللّٰهِ فَاسْتَبْشِرُوا بِبَيْعِكُمُ الَّذ۪ي بَايَعْتُمْ بِه۪ۜ وَذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظ۪يمُ

Inna Allaha ishtara minaalmu/mineena anfusahum waamwalahum bi-anna lahumualjannata yuqatiloona fee sabeeli Allahifayaqtuloona wayuqtaloona waAAdan AAalayhi haqqan fee attawratiwal-injeeli walqur-ani waman awfabiAAahdihi mina Allahi fastabshiroo bibayAAikumuallathee bayaAAtum bihi wathalika huwaalfawzu alAAatheem

God has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth; for that the Garden is theirs — they fighting in the cause of God, killing and being killed — a promise binding upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. And who better fulfils his covenant than God? Rejoice then in your bargain that you have contracted with Him; and that is the Great Achievement.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-111.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** بِعَهْدِ — biʿahdi · "the covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا يَنْقُضُونَ الْم۪يثَاقَۙ

Allatheena yoofoona biAAahdi Allahiwala yanqudoona almeethaq

Those who fulfil the covenant of God, and break not the agreement,

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-20.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدَ — ʿahda · "the covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ م۪يثَاقِه۪ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَٓا اَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ اللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُٓوءُ الدَّارِ

Wallatheena yanqudoonaAAahda Allahi min baAAdi meethaqihi wayaqtaAAoonama amara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayufsidoonafee al-ardi ola-ika lahumu allaAAnatu walahum soo-oaddar

But those who break the covenant of God after its agreement, and sever what God has commanded to be joined, and work corruption in the land: those have the curse, and they have the evil abode.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-25.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** بِعَهْدِ — biʿahdi · "the covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ اِذَا عَاهَدْتُمْ وَلَا تَنْقُضُوا الْاَيْمَانَ بَعْدَ تَوْك۪يدِهَا وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ اللّٰهَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَف۪يلاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Waawfoo biAAahdi Allahi ithaAAahadtum wala tanqudoo al-aymanabaAAda tawkeediha waqad jaAAaltumu Allaha AAalaykumkafeelan inna Allaha yaAAlamu ma tafAAaloon

And fulfil the covenant of God when you make a covenant; then break not oaths after their confirmation when you have made God your surety; God knows what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-91.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** عَـٰهَدتُّمْ — ʿāhadttum · "you have taken a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ اِذَا عَاهَدْتُمْ وَلَا تَنْقُضُوا الْاَيْمَانَ بَعْدَ تَوْك۪يدِهَا وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ اللّٰهَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَف۪يلاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Waawfoo biAAahdi Allahi ithaAAahadtum wala tanqudoo al-aymanabaAAda tawkeediha waqad jaAAaltumu Allaha AAalaykumkafeelan inna Allaha yaAAlamu ma tafAAaloon

And fulfil the covenant of God when you make a covenant; then break not oaths after their confirmation when you have made God your surety; God knows what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-91.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** بِعَهْدِ — biʿahdi · "the covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ ثَمَناً قَل۪يلاًۜ اِنَّمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Wala tashtaroo biAAahdi Allahithamanan qaleelan innama AAinda Allahi huwa khayrunlakum in kuntum taAAlamoon

And sell not the covenant of God at a cheap price; what is with God is better for you, if you would know.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-95.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْعَهْدِ ۖ — bil-ʿahdi · "the covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ الْيَت۪يمِ اِلَّا بِالَّت۪ي هِيَ اَحْسَنُ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ اَشُدَّهُۖ وَاَوْفُوا بِالْعَهْدِۚ اِنَّ الْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْؤُ۫لاً

Wala taqraboo mala alyateemiilla billatee hiya ahsanu hattayablugha ashuddahu waawfoo bilAAahdi inna alAAahda kanamas-oola

And approach not the property of the fatherless save with what is better before he reaches maturity. And fulfil the covenant; the covenant is to be questioned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-34.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْعَهْدَ — l-ʿahda · "the covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ الْيَت۪يمِ اِلَّا بِالَّت۪ي هِيَ اَحْسَنُ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ اَشُدَّهُۖ وَاَوْفُوا بِالْعَهْدِۚ اِنَّ الْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْؤُ۫لاً

Wala taqraboo mala alyateemiilla billatee hiya ahsanu hattayablugha ashuddahu waawfoo bilAAahdi inna alAAahda kanamas-oola

And approach not the property of the fatherless save with what is better before he reaches maturity. And fulfil the covenant; the covenant is to be questioned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-34.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدًۭا — ʿahdan · "a promise"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَطَّـلَعَ الْغَيْبَ اَمِ اتَّخَذَ عِنْدَ الرَّحْمٰنِ عَهْداًۙ

AttalaAAa alghayba ami ittakhathaAAinda arrahmani AAahda

Has he looked into the Unseen, or taken a covenant with the Almighty?

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-78.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدًۭا — ʿahdan · "a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

لَا يَمْلِكُونَ الشَّفَاعَةَ اِلَّا مَنِ اتَّخَذَ عِنْدَ الرَّحْمٰنِ عَهْداًۢ

La yamlikoona ashshafaAAatailla mani ittakhatha AAinda arrahmaniAAahda

They will have no power of intercession save he who has taken a covenant with the Almighty.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-87.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 86

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْعَهْدُ — l-ʿahdu · "the promise"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

فَرَجَعَ مُوسٰٓى اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفاًۚ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْداً حَسَناًۜ اَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعَهْدُ اَمْ اَرَدْتُمْ اَنْ يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَاَخْلَفْتُمْ مَوْعِد۪ي

FarajaAAa moosa ila qawmihighadbana asifan qala ya qawmi alamyaAAidkum rabbukum waAAdan hasanan afatalaAAalaykumu alAAahdu am aradtum an yahilla AAalaykum ghadabunmin rabbikum faakhlaftum mawAAidee

So Moses returned to his people, wrathful and grieved. He said: “O my people: did not your Lord promise you a fair promise? Was the covenant long in coming for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord should descend upon you, so failed in your promise to me?”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-86.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 115

- **Form in this verse:** عَهِدْنَآ — ʿahid'nā · "We made a covenant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْنَٓا اِلٰٓى اٰدَمَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَنَسِيَ وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ عَزْماً۟

Walaqad AAahidna ila adamamin qablu fanasiya walam najid lahu AAazma

And We made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgot; and We found not in him determination.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-115.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** وَعَهْدِهِمْ — waʿahdihim · "and their promise(s)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ لِاَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَۙ

Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon

And those who attend to their trusts and their covenant,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-8.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** عَـٰهَدُوا۟ — ʿāhadū · "promised"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا عَاهَدُوا اللّٰهَ مِنْ قَبْلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ الْاَدْبَارَۜ وَكَانَ عَهْدُ اللّٰهِ مَسْؤُ۫لاً

Walaqad kanoo AAahadoo Allahamin qablu la yuwalloona al-adbara wakanaAAahdu Allahi mas-oola

And they had made a covenant with God before, that they would not turn their backs; and the covenant with God is to be answered for.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-15.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** عَهْدُ — ʿahdu · "(the) promise"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا عَاهَدُوا اللّٰهَ مِنْ قَبْلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ الْاَدْبَارَۜ وَكَانَ عَهْدُ اللّٰهِ مَسْؤُ۫لاً

Walaqad kanoo AAahadoo Allahamin qablu la yuwalloona al-adbara wakanaAAahdu Allahi mas-oola

And they had made a covenant with God before, that they would not turn their backs; and the covenant with God is to be answered for.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-15.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** عَـٰهَدُوا۟ — ʿāhadū · "they promised Allah"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللّٰهَ عَلَيْهِۚ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضٰى نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُۘ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْد۪يلاًۙ

Mina almu/mineena rijalun sadaqooma AAahadoo Allaha AAalayhi faminhum man qadanahbahu waminhum man yantathiru wamabaddaloo tabdeela

Among the believers are men who are true to what they made in covenant with God, — among them is he who has fulfilled his vow, and among them is he who is waiting — and they have not changed in the least,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-23.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** أَعْهَدْ — aʿhad · "I enjoin"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

اَلَمْ اَعْهَدْ اِلَيْكُمْ يَا بَن۪ٓي اٰدَمَ اَنْ لَا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطَانَۚ اِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُب۪ينٌۙ

Alam aAAhad ilaykum ya banee adamaan la taAAbudoo ashshaytana innahu lakumAAaduwwun mubeen

“Did I not commission you, O children of Adam, that you serve not the satan,” — he is an open enemy to you —

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-60.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** عَهِدَ — ʿahida · "He has made covenant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَقَالُوا يَٓا اَيُّهَ السَّاحِرُ ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَ اِنَّـنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ

Waqaloo ya ayyuha asahiruodAAu lana rabbaka bima AAahida AAindaka innanalamuhtadoon

And they said: “O thou sorcerer: call thou to thy Lord for us by what He has made in covenant with thee — we will be guided!”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-49.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** عَـٰهَدَ — ʿāhada · "he has covenanted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُبَايِعُونَكَ اِنَّمَا يُبَايِعُونَ اللّٰهَۜ يَدُ اللّٰهِ فَوْقَ اَيْد۪يهِمْۚ فَمَنْ نَكَثَ فَاِنَّمَا يَنْكُثُ عَلٰى نَفْسِه۪ۚ وَمَنْ اَوْفٰى بِمَا عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهُ اللّٰهَ فَسَيُؤْت۪يهِ اَجْراً عَظ۪يماً۟

Inna allatheena yubayiAAoonakainnama yubayiAAoona Allaha yadu Allahifawqa aydeehim faman nakatha fa-innama yankuthu AAalanafsihi waman awfa bima AAahada AAalayhu Allahafasayu/teehi ajran AAatheema

Those who swear fealty to thee but swear fealty to God; the hand of God is over their hands. Then whoso reneges, he but reneges against his soul. And whoso fulfils what he has taken upon him as a covenant to God, He will give him a great reward.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-10.md_

### 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** وَعَهْدِهِمْ — waʿahdihim · "and their promise"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ لِاَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَۖ

Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon

And are those who are to their trusts and their covenant attentive,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-32.md_

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