Quran 2:40 — Al-Baqara, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Children of Israel, remember how I blessed you. Honour your pledge to Me and I will honour My pledge to you: I am the One you should fear.
يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِي أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ
yābanī is'rāīla udh'kurū niʿ'matiya allatī anʿamtu ʿalaykum wa-awfū biʿahdī ūfi biʿahdikum wa-iyyāya fa-ir'habūni
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Children of Israel, remember My blessing wherewith I blessed you, and fulfil My covenant and I shall fulfil your covenant; and have awe of Me.
- Muhammad Asad
- O CHILDREN of Israel! Remember those blessings of Mine with which I graced you, and fulfil your promise unto Me, [whereupon] I shall fulfil My promise unto you; and of Me, of Me stand in awe!
- Sahih International
- O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and fulfill My covenant [upon you] that I will fulfill your covenant [from Me], and be afraid of [only] Me.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanī | O Children | بني |
| 2 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | (of) Israel | — |
| 3 | ٱذْكُرُوا۟udh'kurū | Remember | ذكر |
| 4 | نِعْمَتِىَniʿ'matiya | My Favor | نعم |
| 5 | ٱلَّتِىٓallatī | which | — |
| 6 | أَنْعَمْتُanʿamtu | I bestowed | نعم |
| 7 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 8 | وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfū | and fulfill | وفي |
| 9 | بِعَهْدِىٓbiʿahdī | My Covenant | عهد |
| 10 | أُوفِūfi | I will fulfill | وفي |
| 11 | بِعَهْدِكُمْbiʿahdikum | your covenant | عهد |
| 12 | وَإِيَّـٰىَwa-iyyāya | and Me Alone | — |
| 13 | فَٱرْهَبُونِfa-ir'habūni | fear [Me] | رهب |