The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces, The Allies 33:15

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Arabic English Morphology
And certainly Prep
they had V
promised V
Allah Noun
مِن min
before Prep
قَبْلُ qablu
before Noun
لَا
not Prep
they would turn V
their backs Noun
وَكَانَ wakāna
And is V
عَهْدُ ʿahdu
(the) promise Noun
(to) Allah Noun
to be questioned Noun

Yet they had already promised God that they would not turn tail and flee, and a promise to God will be answered for

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَلَقَدۡ كَانُوا۟ عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبۡلُ لَا یُوَلُّونَ ٱلۡأَدۡبَـٰرَۚ وَكَانَ عَهۡدُ ٱللَّهِ مَسۡءُولࣰا ۝١٥

walaqad kānū ʿāhadū l-laha min qablu lā yuwallūna l-adbāra wakāna ʿahdu l-lahi masūla