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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 55of 286

وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةًۭ فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ﴿٥٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allah outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قُلْتُمْqul'tumyou said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa
لَنlanNever
نُّؤْمِنَnu'mina(will) we believe
لَكَlakain you
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
نَرَىnarāwe see
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
جَهْرَةًۭjahratanmanifestly
فَأَخَذَتْكُمُfa-akhadhatkumuSo seized you
ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُl-ṣāʿiqatuthe thunderbolt
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūna(were) looking

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Best among the Children of Israel ask to see Allah; their subsequent Death and ResurrectionAllah said, `Remember My favor on you for resurrecting you after you were seized with lightning when you asked to see Me directly, which neither you nor anyone else can bear or attain.' This was said by Ibn Jurayj.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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