Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 68
قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌ عَوَانٌۢ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ فَٱفْعَلُوا۟ مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ
They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[Allāh] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are commanded."
Al-Baqarah · 2:68
Word by word
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- ٱدْعُud'ʿuPray
- لَنَاlanāfor us
- رَبَّكَrabbaka(to) your Lord
- يُبَيِّنyubayyinto make clear
- لَّنَاlanāto us
- مَاmāwhat
- هِىَ ۚhiyait (is)
- قَالَqālaHe said
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- يَقُولُyaqūlusays
- إِنَّهَاinnahā[Indeed] it
- بَقَرَةٌۭbaqaratun(is) a cow
- لَّاlānot
- فَارِضٌۭfāriḍunold
- وَلَاwalāand not
- بِكْرٌbik'runyoung
- عَوَانٌۢʿawānunmiddle aged
- بَيْنَbaynabetween
- ذَٰلِكَ ۖdhālikathat
- فَٱفْعَلُوا۟fa-if'ʿalūso do
- مَاmāwhat
- تُؤْمَرُونَtu'marūnayou are commanded
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