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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 58of 286

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ٱدْخُلُوا۟ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًۭا وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًۭا وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌۭ نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَٰيَٰكُمْ ۚ وَسَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ﴿٥٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And [recall] when We said, "Enter this city and eat from it wherever you will in [ease and] abundance, and enter the gate bowing humbly and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens.' We will [then] forgive your sins for you, and We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
هَـٰذِهِhādhihithis
ٱلْقَرْيَةَl-qaryatatown
فَكُلُوا۟fakulūthen eat
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
شِئْتُمْshi'tumyou wish[ed]
رَغَدًۭاraghadanabundantly
وَٱدْخُلُوا۟wa-ud'khulūand enter
ٱلْبَابَl-bābathe gate
سُجَّدًۭاsujjadanprostrating
وَقُولُوا۟waqūlūAnd say
حِطَّةٌۭḥiṭṭatunRepentance
نَّغْفِرْnaghfirWe will forgive
لَكُمْlakumfor you
خَطَـٰيَـٰكُمْ ۚkhaṭāyākumyour sins
وَسَنَزِيدُwasanazīduAnd We will increase
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers (in reward)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Jews were Rebellious instead of Appreciative when They gained VictoryAllah admonished the Jews for avoiding Jihad and not entering the holy land as they had been ordered to do when they came from Egypt with Musa. They were also commanded to fight the disbelieving `Amaliq (Canaanites) dwelling in the holy land at that time. But they did not want to fight, because they were weak and exhausted.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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