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Al-Baqarah 51

Ayah 51 of 286 · Medinan

وَإِذۡ وَٰعَدۡنَا مُوسَىٰٓ أَرۡبَعِينَ لَيۡلَةٗ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذۡتُمُ ٱلۡعِجۡلَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ ٥١

And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [i.e., his departure], while you were wrongdoers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. وَٰعَدۡنَاWe appointedwāʿadnā
  3. مُوسَىٰٓ(for) Musamūsā
  4. أَرۡبَعِينَfortyarbaʿīna
  5. لَيۡلَةٗnightslaylatan
  6. ثُمَّThenthumma
  7. ٱتَّخَذۡتُمُyou tookittakhadhtumu
  8. ٱلۡعِجۡلَthe calfl-ʿij'la
  9. مِنۢfrommin
  10. بَعۡدِهِۦafter himbaʿdihi
  11. وَأَنتُمۡand youwa-antum
  12. ظَٰلِمُونَ(were) wrongdoersẓālimūna

Tafsir

Also, remember that the forty nights appointed to Moses were from the blessings of Allah, in which the revelation of the Torah, with its light and guidance, was completed. Yet you went and worshipped the calf during that period, which made you into wrongdoers.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran