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Al-Baqarah 63

Ayah 63 of 286 · Medinan

وَإِذۡ أَخَذۡنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمۡ وَرَفَعۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُواْ مَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٖ وَٱذۡكُرُواْ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ ٦٣

And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah] and We raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. أَخَذۡنَاWe tookakhadhnā
  3. مِيثَٰقَكُمۡyour covenantmīthāqakum
  4. وَرَفَعۡنَاand We raisedwarafaʿnā
  5. فَوۡقَكُمُover youfawqakumu
  6. ٱلطُّورَthe mountl-ṭūra
  7. خُذُواْHoldkhudhū
  8. مَآwhatmā
  9. ءَاتَيۡنَٰكُمWe have given youātaynākum
  10. بِقُوَّةٖwith strengthbiquwwatin
  11. وَٱذۡكُرُواْand rememberwa-udh'kurū
  12. مَاwhatmā
  13. فِيهِ(is) in itfīhi
  14. لَعَلَّكُمۡperhaps youlaʿallakum
  15. تَتَّقُونَ(would become) righteoustattaqūna

Tafsir

Remember when Allah made a contract with you: that you should have faith in Allah and His prophets. He raised the mountain over you, inspiring awe and warning you against breaking the contract, commanding you to take what He had revealed to you of the Torah seriously and carefully, not taking it for granted or being lazy about it. He told you to remember and reflect upon it, so that you might be careful about what you earn from Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran