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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 60of 286

۞ وَإِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًۭا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍۢ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۖ كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ﴿٦٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs, and every people knew its watering place. "Eat and drink from the provision of Allah, and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَإِذِwa-idhiAnd when
ٱسْتَسْقَىٰis'tasqāasked (for) water
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
لِقَوْمِهِۦliqawmihifor his people
فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nā[so] We said
ٱضْرِبiḍ'ribStrike
بِّعَصَاكَbiʿaṣākawith your staff
ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖl-ḥajarathe stone
فَٱنفَجَرَتْfa-infajaratThen gushed forth
مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
ٱثْنَتَاith'natā(of)
عَشْرَةَʿashratatwelve
عَيْنًۭا ۖʿaynansprings
قَدْqadIndeed
عَلِمَʿalimaknew
كُلُّkulluall
أُنَاسٍۢunāsin(the) people
مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۖmashrabahumtheir drinking place
كُلُوا۟kulūEat
وَٱشْرَبُوا۟wa-ish'rabūand drink
مِنminfrom
رِّزْقِriz'qi(the) provision (of)
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawact wickedly
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīnaspreading corruption

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Twelve Springs gush forthAllah said, "Remember My favor on you when I answered the supplication of your Prophet, Musa, when he asked Me to provide you with water. I made the water available for you, making it gush out through a stone. Twelve springs burst out of that stone, a designated spring for each of your tribes. You eat from the manna and the quails and drink from the water that I provided for you, without any effort or hardship for you. So worship the One Who did this for you.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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