Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 93
وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِيمَـٰنُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers."
Al-Baqarah · 2:93
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- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe took
- مِيثَـٰقَكُمْmīthāqakumyour covenant
- وَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāand We raised
- فَوْقَكُمُfawqakumuover you
- ٱلطُّورَl-ṭūrathe mount
- خُذُوا۟khudhūHold
- مَآmāwhat
- ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُمātaynākumWe gave you
- بِقُوَّةٍۢbiquwwatinwith firmness
- وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖwa-is'maʿūand listen
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāWe heard
- وَعَصَيْنَاwaʿaṣaynāand we disobeyed
- وَأُشْرِبُوا۟wa-ush'ribūAnd they were made to drink
- فِىfīin
- قُلُوبِهِمُqulūbihimutheir hearts
- ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'la(love of) the calf
- بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚbikuf'rihimbecause of their disbelief
- قُلْqulSay
- بِئْسَمَاbi'samāEvil (is) that
- يَأْمُرُكُمyamurukumorders you (to do) it
- بِهِۦٓbihiwith
- إِيمَـٰنُكُمْīmānukumyour faith
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمkuntumyou are
- مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers
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