Skip to content
MyDeenTools

Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 93of 286

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍۢ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿٩٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe took
مِيثَـٰقَكُمْmīthāqakumyour covenant
وَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāand We raised
فَوْقَكُمُfawqakumuover you
ٱلطُّورَl-ṭūrathe mount
خُذُوا۟khudhūHold
مَآwhat
ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُمātaynākumWe gave you
بِقُوَّةٍۢbiquwwatinwith firmness
وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖwa-is'maʿūand listen
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāWe heard
وَعَصَيْنَاwaʿaṣaynāand we disobeyed
وَأُشْرِبُوا۟wa-ush'ribūAnd they were made to drink
فِىin
قُلُوبِهِمُqulūbihimutheir hearts
ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'la(love of) the calf
بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚbikuf'rihimbecause of their disbelief
قُلْqulSay
بِئْسَمَاbi'samāEvil (is) that
يَأْمُرُكُمyamurukumorders you (to do) it
بِهِۦٓbihiwith
إِيمَـٰنُكُمْīmānukumyour faith
إِنinif
كُنتُمkuntumyou are
مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Jews rebel after Allah took Their Covenant and raised the Mountain above Their HeadsAllah reminded the Jews of their errors, breaking His covenant, transgression and defiance, when He raised Mount Tur above them so that they would believe and agree to the terms of the covenant. Yet, they broke it soon afterwards, قَالُواْ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا(They said, "We have heard and disobeyed.") We have mentioned the Tafsir of this subject before.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

Share this verse with others

WhatsAppX

These tools are free because of generous Muslims.

$10/month keeps this platform free for 50,000 people. Every visit earns you reward — Sadaqah Jariyah.

Support this project