إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَايِعُونَكَ إِنَّمَا يُبَايِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ يَدُ ٱللَّهِ فَوۡقَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡۚ فَمَن نَّكَثَ فَإِنَّمَا يَنكُثُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَنۡ أَوۡفَىٰ بِمَا عَٰهَدَ عَلَيۡهُ ٱللَّهَ فَسَيُؤۡتِيهِ أَجۡرًا عَظِيمٗا ١٠
Innal-ladhīna yubāyiʿūnaka innamā yubāyiʿūnallāha yadullāhi fawqa aydīhim, faman nakatha fa innamā yankuthu ʿalā nafsih, wa man awfā bimā ʿāhada ʿalayhullāha fasayuʾtīhi ajran ʿaẓīmā.
Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you, [O Muḥammad] - they are actually pledging allegiance to Allāh. The hand1 of Allāh is over their hands.2 So he who breaks his word only breaks it to the detriment of himself. And he who fulfills that which he has promised Allāh - He will give him a great reward.
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (2)
- See footnote to 2:19.
- Meaning that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) accepted their pledge.