The Cow 2:100

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Arabic English Morphology
And is (it not that) whenever Noun
they took V
عَهْدًا ʿahdan
a covenant Noun
threw it away V
فَرِيقٌ farīqun
a party Noun
of them Prep
بَلْ bal
Nay Prep
most of them Noun
لَا
(do) not Prep
believe V

How is it that whenever they make a covenant or a pledge, some of them throw it away? In fact, most of them do not believe

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

أَوَ كُلَّمَا عَـٰهَدُوا۟ عَهۡدࣰا نَّبَذَهُۥ فَرِیقࣱ مِّنۡهُمۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝١٠٠

awakullamā ʿāhadū ʿahdan nabadhahu farīqun min'hum bal aktharuhum lā yu'minūn