"And when We took your covenant: You shall not shed your own blood, nor will you evict one another from your homes," meaning: let not some of you evict others. "Then you affirmed, while you were witnessing."
Muhammad said: "Then you affirmed," meaning: you acknowledged the validity of what was taken upon you in the covenant, and what was taken upon your predecessors, "while you were witnessing" that this is the truth.
﴿وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَلا تُخْرِجُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنْ دِيَاركُمْ﴾ أَي: لَا يخرج بَعْضكُم بَعْضًا ﴿ثمَّ أقررتم وَأَنْتُم تَشْهَدُون﴾
قَالَ مُحَمَّد: ثمَّ أقررتم يَعْنِي: اعترفتم [بِصِحَّة مَا] قد أَخذ عَلَيْكُم فِي الْعَهْد، وَأخذ على أوائلكم ﴿وَأَنْتُم تَشْهَدُون﴾ أَن هَذَا حق.
