Surah 2 Al-Baqara — Ayah 93
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
xusa markaan idinka qaadnay ballan, korkiinana yeelay (Buurta Dhuur) oon idinku nidhi ku qaata waxaan idin siinay xoog (niyadadag) maqlana (xaqa) waxayna dheheen waan mawalay waana caasinay, waxaana laga waraabiyey quluubtooda (jacaylkii) Dibiga (ay caabudeen) gaalnimadooda darteed, waxaad dhahdaa waxaa xumaan badan wuxuu idinfarayo imaankiinu haddaad muuminiin tihiin.
wa-idh akhadhnā mīthāqakum warafaʿnā fawqakumu l-ṭūra khudhū mā ātaynākum biquwwatin wa-is'maʿū qālū samiʿ'nā waʿaṣaynā wa-ush'ribū fī qulūbihimu l-ʿij'la bikuf'rihim qul bi'samā yamurukum bihi īmānukum in kuntum mu'minīna
Word by word
- وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
- أَخَذْنَا akhadhnā We took
- مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ mīthāqakum your covenant
- وَرَفَعْنَا warafaʿnā and We raised
- فَوْقَكُمُ fawqakumu over you
- ٱلطُّورَ l-ṭūra the mount
- خُذُوا۟ khudhū Hold
- مَآ mā what
- ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم ātaynākum We gave you
- بِقُوَّةٍۢ biquwwatin with firmness
- وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ wa-is'maʿū and listen
- قَالُوا۟ qālū They said
- سَمِعْنَا samiʿ'nā We heard
- وَعَصَيْنَا waʿaṣaynā and we disobeyed
- وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ wa-ush'ribū And they were made to drink
- فِى fī in
- قُلُوبِهِمُ qulūbihimu their hearts
- ٱلْعِجْلَ l-ʿij'la (love of) the calf
- بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚ bikuf'rihim because of their disbelief
- قُلْ qul Say
- بِئْسَمَا bi'samā Evil (is) that
- يَأْمُرُكُم yamurukum orders you (to do) it
- بِهِۦٓ bihi with
- إِيمَـٰنُكُمْ īmānukum your faith
- إِن in if
- كُنتُم kuntum you are
- مُّؤْمِنِينَ mu'minīna believers
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Jews rebel after Allah took Their Covenant and raised the Mountain above Their Heads
Allah 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,
(They said, "We have heard and disobeyed.") We have mentioned the Tafsir of this subject before. `Abdur-Razzaq said that Ma`mar narrated that Qatadah said that,
(And their hearts absorbed (the worship of) the calf) means, "They absorbed its love, until its love resided in their hearts." This is also the opinion of Abu Al-`Aliyah and Ar-Rabi` bin Anas. Allah's statement,
(Say: "Worst indeed is that which your faith enjoins on you if you are believers.") means, "Worse yet is the manner in which you behaved in the past and even now, disbelieving in Allah's Ayat and defying the Prophets. You also disbelieved in Muhammad , which is the worst of your deeds and the harshest sin that you committed. You disbelieved in the Final Messenger and the master of all Prophets and Messengers, the one who was sent to all mankind. How can you then claim that you believe, while committing the evil of breaking Allah's covenant, disbelieving in Allah's Ayat and worshipping the calf instead of Allah"