And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not worship except Allāh; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakāh." Then you turned away, except a few of you, and you were refusing.
وَبِٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِand with [the] parentswabil-wālidayni
إِحۡسَانٗا(be) goodiḥ'sānan
وَذِيand (with)wadhī
ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰrelativesl-qur'bā
وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰand [the] orphanswal-yatāmā
وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِand the needywal-masākīni
وَقُولُواْand speakwaqūlū
لِلنَّاسِto [the] peoplelilnnāsi
حُسۡنٗاgoodḥus'nan
وَأَقِيمُواْand establishwa-aqīmū
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَthe prayerl-ṣalata
وَءَاتُواْand givewaātū
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَthe zakahl-zakata
ثُمَّThenthumma
تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡyou turned awaytawallaytum
إِلَّاexceptillā
قَلِيلٗاa fewqalīlan
مِّنكُمۡof youminkum
وَأَنتُمand you (were)wa-antum
مُّعۡرِضُونَrefusingmuʿ'riḍūna
Tafsir
Remember the promise made between Allah and the Israelites: to worship Him alone; to be kind to parents, relatives, orphans and the poor; to say good words to people, telling them to do what is right and not what is wrong, without harshness or severity; to perform the prayer as instructed; and to give Zakat to those who have a right to it. But all they did after making this promise was to turn away, rejecting the promise they had made.