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)
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وَإِذۡ And when wa-idh قُلۡتُمۡ you said qul'tum يَٰمُوسَىٰ O Musa yāmūsā لَن Never lan نُّؤۡمِنَ (will) we believe nu'mina لَكَ in you laka حَتَّىٰ until ḥattā نَرَى we see narā ٱللَّهَ Allah l-laha جَهۡرَةٗ manifestly jahratan فَأَخَذَتۡكُمُ So seized you fa-akhadhatkumu ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ the thunderbolt l-ṣāʿiqatu وَأَنتُمۡ while you wa-antum تَنظُرُونَ (were) looking tanẓurūna 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
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