Surah An-Nisa, ayah 153
يَسْـَٔلُكَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ أَن تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَـٰبًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ فَقَدْ سَأَلُوا۟ مُوسَىٰٓ أَكْبَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَرِنَا ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ ۚ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَن ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ سُلْطَـٰنًا مُّبِينًا
The People of the Scripture ask you to bring down to them a book from the heaven. But they had asked of Moses [even] greater than that and said, "Show us Allāh outright," so the thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the calf [for worship] after clear evidences had come to them, and We pardoned that. And We gave Moses a clear authority.
Word by word
- يَسْـَٔلُكَyasalukaAsk you
- أَهْلُahlu(the) People
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
- أَنanthat
- تُنَزِّلَtunazzilayou bring down
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
- كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana book
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚl-samāithe heaven
- فَقَدْfaqadThen indeed
- سَأَلُوا۟sa-alūthey (had) asked
- مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
- أَكْبَرَakbaragreater
- مِنminthan
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- فَقَالُوٓا۟faqālūfor they said
- أَرِنَاarināShow us
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- جَهْرَةًۭjahratanmanifestly
- فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuso struck them
- ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُl-ṣāʿiqatuthe thunderbolt
- بِظُلْمِهِمْ ۚbiẓul'mihimfor their wrongdoing
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey took
- ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calf (for worship)
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- مَاmā[what]
- جَآءَتْهُمُjāathumucame to them
- ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُl-bayinātuthe clear proofs
- فَعَفَوْنَاfaʿafawnāthen We forgave them
- عَنʿanfor
- ذَٰلِكَ ۚdhālikathat
- وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd We gave
- مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
- سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanan authority
- مُّبِينًۭاmubīnanclear
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