And those who are guardians of their trusts and their covenant.

They do not neglect any part of their rights. It is as if the word "trusts" (amanat) was put in the plural due to the multiplicity of trusts, whereas "covenant" (ahd) was not pluralized, signaling that it is not as numerous as the trusts. It has also been said that it is because "covenant" acts as a verbal noun (masdar).

What indicates the multiplicity of trusts is what Al-Kalbi narrated: Everyone is entrusted with what has been laid upon him regarding beliefs, utterances, states, actions, financial rights, the rights of family and dependents, all relatives, subordinates, neighbors, and all Muslims.

Al-Suddi said: All the rights of the Sharia are trusts that the believer has accepted and guaranteed to fulfill by accepting faith. It has been said: Everything Allah the Exalted has given to the servant, such as the limbs and other things, is a trust in his possession. Whoever uses them for a purpose other than that for which they were given—and for which He, glory be to Him, granted permission—has betrayed the trust. Betrayal of these, and likewise treachery regarding the covenant, are major sins, according to the pronouncement of more than one scholar.

Al-Bukhari and Muslim narrated from Abdullah ibn Umar in a marfu' (elevated) report: "There are four traits, whoever possesses all of them is a pure hypocrite, and whoever possesses one of them has a trait of hypocrisy until he abandons it: when he is entrusted, he betrays; when he speaks, he lies; when he makes a covenant, he breaks it; and when he disputes, he acts wickedly."

Al-Bayhaqi extracted in Shu’ab al-Iman from Anas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not deliver a sermon to us except that he said: 'There is no faith for the one who has no trust, and there is no religion for the one who has no covenant.'"

Ibn Kathir read it as li-amanatihim (for their trust) in the singular form, intending the generic.