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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 154of 176

وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًۭا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا۟ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًۭا﴿١٥٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And We raised over them the mount for [refusal of] their covenant; and We said to them, "Enter the gate bowing humbly", and We said to them, "Do not transgress on the sabbath", and We took from them a solemn covenant.

Word-by-word meaning

وَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāAnd We raised
فَوْقَهُمُfawqahumuover them
ٱلطُّورَl-ṭūrathe mount
بِمِيثَـٰقِهِمْbimīthāqihimfor their covenant
وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāand We said
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
ٱلْبَابَl-bābathe gate
سُجَّدًۭاsujjadanprostrating
وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāAnd We said
لَهُمْlahumto them
لَا(Do) not
تَعْدُوا۟taʿdūtransgress
فِىin
ٱلسَّبْتِl-sabtithe Sabbath
وَأَخَذْنَاwa-akhadhnāAnd We took
مِنْهُمmin'humfrom them
مِّيثَـٰقًاmīthāqana covenant
غَلِيظًۭاghalīẓansolemn

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Stubbornness of the JewsMuhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi, As-Suddi and Qatadah said that the Jews asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to cause a book to come down to them from heaven, just as the Tawrah was sent down to Musa. Ibn Jurayj said that the Jews asked the Messenger to cause books to come down to them addressed to so-and-so among them, testifying to the truth of what he was sent with. The Jews only asked for this because of their stubbornness, defiance, rejection and disbelief.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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