Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 83
وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ لَا تَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا وَذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ وَقُولُوا۟ لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنكُمْ وَأَنتُم مُّعْرِضُونَ
And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not worship except Allāh; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakāh." Then you turned away, except a few of you, and you were refusing.
Al-Baqarah · 2:83
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe took
- مِيثَـٰقَmīthāqa(the) covenant
- بَنِىٓbanī(from the) Children
- إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
- لَاlāNot
- تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou will worship
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayniand with [the] parents
- إِحْسَانًۭاiḥ'sānan(be) good
- وَذِىwadhīand (with)
- ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bārelatives
- وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand [the] orphans
- وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the needy
- وَقُولُوا۟waqūlūand speak
- لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito [the] people
- حُسْنًۭاḥus'nangood
- وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūand establish
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
- وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give
- ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- تَوَلَّيْتُمْtawallaytumyou turned away
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few
- مِّنكُمْminkumof you
- وَأَنتُمwa-antumand you (were)
- مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnarefusing
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