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Al-Baqarah 70

Ayah 70 of 286 · Medinan

قَالُواْ ٱدۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِيَ إِنَّ ٱلۡبَقَرَ تَشَٰبَهَ عَلَيۡنَا وَإِنَّآ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَمُهۡتَدُونَ ٧٠

They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is. Indeed, [all] cows look alike to us. And indeed we, if Allāh wills, will be guided."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  2. ٱدۡعُPrayud'ʿu
  3. لَنَاfor uslanā
  4. رَبَّكَ(to) your Lordrabbaka
  5. يُبَيِّنto make clearyubayyin
  6. لَّنَاto uslanā
  7. مَاwhatmā
  8. هِيَit (is)hiya
  9. إِنَّIndeedinna
  10. ٱلۡبَقَرَ[the] cowsl-baqara
  11. تَشَٰبَهَlook aliketashābaha
  12. عَلَيۡنَاto usʿalaynā
  13. وَإِنَّآAnd indeed wewa-innā
  14. إِنifin
  15. شَآءَwillsshāa
  16. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  17. لَمُهۡتَدُونَ(will) surely be those who are guidedlamuh'tadūna

Tafsir

They continued in their stubbornness, telling Moses to ask Allah to further clarify the nature of the cow. They said that there were many cows fitting the description, and they could not therefore identify it, insisting that they would then, if Allah willed, be guided to the right cow for sacrifice.

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