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Al-Baqarah 55

Ayah 55 of 286 · Medinan

وَإِذۡ قُلۡتُمۡ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نُّؤۡمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى ٱللَّهَ جَهۡرَةٗ فَأَخَذَتۡكُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَأَنتُمۡ تَنظُرُونَ ٥٥

And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allāh outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قُلۡتُمۡyou saidqul'tum
  3. يَٰمُوسَىٰO Musayāmūsā
  4. لَنNeverlan
  5. نُّؤۡمِنَ(will) we believenu'mina
  6. لَكَin youlaka
  7. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  8. نَرَىwe seenarā
  9. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  10. جَهۡرَةٗmanifestlyjahratan
  11. فَأَخَذَتۡكُمُSo seized youfa-akhadhatkumu
  12. ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُthe thunderboltl-ṣāʿiqatu
  13. وَأَنتُمۡwhile youwa-antum
  14. تَنظُرُونَ(were) lookingtanẓurūna

Tafsir

Also, remember when you shamelessly addressed Moses (peace be upon him), saying that you would not believe him until you saw Allah with your own eyes, in the open before you, and the lightning struck you and killed you, whilst some of you looked at the others.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran