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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

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وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلْتُ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ وَلَا تَكُونُوٓا۟ أَوَّلَ كَافِرٍۭ بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِى ثَمَنًۭا قَلِيلًۭا وَإِيَّٰىَ فَٱتَّقُونِ﴿٤١

Translation (Sahih International)

And believe in what I have sent down confirming that which is [already] with you, and be not the first to disbelieve in it. And do not exchange My signs for a small price, and fear [only] Me.

Word-by-word meaning

وَءَامِنُوا۟waāminūAnd believe
بِمَآbimāin what
أَنزَلْتُanzaltuI have sent down
مُصَدِّقًۭاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
لِّمَاlimāthat which
مَعَكُمْmaʿakum(is) with you
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَكُونُوٓا۟takūnūbe
أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
كَافِرٍۭkāfirindisbeliever
بِهِۦ ۖbihiof it
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَشْتَرُوا۟tashtarūexchange
بِـَٔايَـٰتِىbiāyātīMy Signs (for)
ثَمَنًۭاthamanana price
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlansmall
وَإِيَّـٰىَwa-iyyāyaand Me Alone
فَٱتَّقُونِfa-ittaqūnifear [Me]

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Encouraging the Children of Israel to embrace IslamAllah commanded the Children of Israel to embrace Islam and to follow Muhammad ﷺ. He also reminded them with the example of their father Israel, Allah's Prophet Ya`qub, as if saying, "O children of the pious, righteous servant of Allah who obeyed Allah! Be like your father, following the truth.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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