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An-Nisa 154

Ayah 154 of 176 · Medinan

وَرَفَعۡنَا فَوۡقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِهِمۡ وَقُلۡنَا لَهُمُ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡبَابَ سُجَّدٗا وَقُلۡنَا لَهُمۡ لَا تَعۡدُواْ فِي ٱلسَّبۡتِ وَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظٗا ١٥٤

And We raised over them the mount for [refusal of] their covenant; and We said to them, "Enter the gate bowing humbly"; and We said to them, "Do not transgress on the sabbath"; and We took from them a solemn covenant.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَرَفَعۡنَاAnd We raisedwarafaʿnā
  2. فَوۡقَهُمُover themfawqahumu
  3. ٱلطُّورَthe mountl-ṭūra
  4. بِمِيثَٰقِهِمۡfor their covenantbimīthāqihim
  5. وَقُلۡنَاand We saidwaqul'nā
  6. لَهُمُto themlahumu
  7. ٱدۡخُلُواْEnterud'khulū
  8. ٱلۡبَابَthe gatel-bāba
  9. سُجَّدٗاprostratingsujjadan
  10. وَقُلۡنَاAnd We saidwaqul'nā
  11. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  12. لَا(Do) notlā
  13. تَعۡدُواْtransgresstaʿdū
  14. فِيinfī
  15. ٱلسَّبۡتِthe Sabbathl-sabti
  16. وَأَخَذۡنَاAnd We tookwa-akhadhnā
  17. مِنۡهُمfrom themmin'hum
  18. مِّيثَٰقًاa covenantmīthāqan
  19. غَلِيظٗاsolemnghalīẓan

Tafsir

I frightened them by raising the mountain over them in order to take a firm promise from them to practice what it contained and we said to them, ‘Enter the gate of Jerusalem in prostration by bowing your heads’. They entered dragging their buttocks. I also said to them, ‘Do not disobey Me by fishing on the Saturday’; but they rebelled and went against My command. I took a firm promise from them for this, but they broke their promise.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran