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Al-Baqarah 60

Ayah 60 of 286 · Medinan

۞ وَإِذِ ٱسۡتَسۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوۡمِهِۦ فَقُلۡنَا ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡحَجَرَۖ فَٱنفَجَرَتۡ مِنۡهُ ٱثۡنَتَا عَشۡرَةَ عَيۡنٗاۖ قَدۡ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٖ مَّشۡرَبَهُمۡۖ كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ مِن رِّزۡقِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ٦٠

And [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs, and every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. "Eat and drink from the provision of Allāh, and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَإِذِAnd whenwa-idhi
  2. ٱسۡتَسۡقَىٰasked (for) wateris'tasqā
  3. مُوسَىٰMusamūsā
  4. لِقَوۡمِهِۦfor his peopleliqawmihi
  5. فَقُلۡنَا[so] We saidfaqul'nā
  6. ٱضۡرِبStrikeiḍ'rib
  7. بِّعَصَاكَwith your staffbiʿaṣāka
  8. ٱلۡحَجَرَۖthe stonel-ḥajara
  9. فَٱنفَجَرَتۡThen gushed forthfa-infajarat
  10. مِنۡهُfrom itmin'hu
  11. ٱثۡنَتَا(of)ith'natā
  12. عَشۡرَةَtwelveʿashrata
  13. عَيۡنٗاۖspringsʿaynan
  14. قَدۡIndeedqad
  15. عَلِمَknewʿalima
  16. كُلُّallkullu
  17. أُنَاسٖ(the) peopleunāsin
  18. مَّشۡرَبَهُمۡۖtheir drinking placemashrabahum
  19. كُلُواْEatkulū
  20. وَٱشۡرَبُواْand drinkwa-ish'rabū
  21. مِنfrommin
  22. رِّزۡقِ(the) provision (of)riz'qi
  23. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  24. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  25. تَعۡثَوۡاْact wickedlytaʿthaw
  26. فِيinfī
  27. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  28. مُفۡسِدِينَspreading corruptionmuf'sidīna

Tafsir

Remember, from Allah’s blessings upon you, when you were in the wilderness, and you suffered great thirst, so Moses prayed to his Lord and asked that He give you water. Allah commanded that he hit the rock with his stick, and when he hit it, twelve springs appeared from it, the same number as the number of your tribes. Water gushed from them, and Allah made clear to each tribe which was their spring to drink from, so that there would be no conflict between you. And He told you to eat and drink from what He provided for you, without any effort or work from you, and told you not to put your efforts into ruining things on earth.

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