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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 92of 286

۞ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ﴿٩٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And Moses had certainly brought you clear proofs. Then you took the calf [in worship] after that, while you were wrongdoers.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd indeed
جَآءَكُمjāakumcame to you
مُّوسَىٰmūsāMusa
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith [the] clear signs
ثُمَّthummathen
ٱتَّخَذْتُمُittakhadhtumuyou took
ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calf
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter him
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you
ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna(were) wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Although The Jews denied the Truth, They claimed to be Believers!Allah said,وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ(And when it is said to them), meaning, the Jews and the People of the Book,ءَامِنُواْ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ(Believe in what Allah has sent down) to Muhammad , believe in and follow him,قَالُواْ نُؤْمِنُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا(They say, "We believe in what was sent down to us.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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