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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 211of 286

سَلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ كَمْ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍۭ بَيِّنَةٍۢ ۗ وَمَن يُبَدِّلْ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ﴿٢١١

Translation (Sahih International)

Ask the Children of Israel how many a sign of evidence We have given them. And whoever exchanges the favor of Allah [for disbelief] after it has come to him - then indeed, Allah is severe in penalty.

Word-by-word meaning

سَلْsalAsk
بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
كَمْkamhow many
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمātaynāhumWe gave them
مِّنْminof
ءَايَةٍۭāyatin(the) Sign(s)
بَيِّنَةٍۢ ۗbayyinatinclear
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يُبَدِّلْyubaddilchanges
نِعْمَةَniʿ'mataFavor
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَا[what]
جَآءَتْهُjāathuit (has) come to him
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
شَدِيدُshadīdu(is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābiin [the] chastising

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Punishment for changing Allah's Favor and mocking the BelieversAllah mentioned that the Children of Israel, were witnesses to many clear signs that attest to the truth of Moses regarding what he was sent with for them. They witnessed his hand (when it became lit with light), his parting the sea, his striking the rock (and water flowed from the rock), the clouds that shaded them during the intense heat, the manna and the quails, and so forth.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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