Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 54
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّكُمْ ظَلَمْتُمْ أَنفُسَكُم بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ فَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ بَارِئِكُمْ فَٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ عِندَ بَارِئِكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "O my people, indeed you have wronged yourselves by your taking of the calf [for worship]. So repent to your Creator and kill yourselves [i.e., the guilty among you]. That is best for [all of] you in the sight of your Creator." Then He accepted your repentance; indeed, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.
Al-Baqarah · 2:54
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- قَالَqālasaid
- مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
- لِقَوْمِهِۦliqawmihito his people
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
- ظَلَمْتُمْẓalamtum[you] have wronged
- أَنفُسَكُمanfusakumyourselves
- بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُbi-ittikhādhikumuby your taking
- ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calf
- فَتُوبُوٓا۟fatūbūSo turn in repentance
- إِلَىٰilāto
- بَارِئِكُمْbāri-ikumyour Creator
- فَٱقْتُلُوٓا۟fa-uq'tulūand kill
- أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
- ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
- خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
- لَّكُمْlakumfor you
- عِندَʿindawith
- بَارِئِكُمْbāri-ikumyour Creator
- فَتَابَfatābaThen He turned
- عَلَيْكُمْ ۚʿalaykumtowards you
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
- هُوَhuwaHe
- ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābu(is) the-returning
- ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful
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