Quran 2:51 — Al-Baqara, verse 51
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We appointed forty nights for Moses [on Mount Sinai] and then, while he was away, you took to worshipping the calf- a terrible wrong.
وَإِذْ وَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَأَنْتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ
wa-idh wāʿadnā mūsā arbaʿīna laylatan thumma ittakhadhtumu l-ʿij'la min baʿdihi wa-antum ẓālimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We appointed with Moses forty nights then you took to yourselves the Calf after him and you were evildoers;
- Muhammad Asad
- and when We appointed for Moses forty nights [on Mount Sinai], and in his absence you took to worshipping the [golden] calf, and thus became evildoers:
- Sahih International
- And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [i.e., his departure], while you were wrongdoers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | وَٰعَدْنَاwāʿadnā | We appointed | وعد |
| 3 | مُوسَىٰٓmūsā | (for) Musa | — |
| 4 | أَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīna | forty | ربع |
| 5 | لَيْلَةًۭlaylatan | nights | ليل |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 7 | ٱتَّخَذْتُمُittakhadhtumu | you took | أخذ |
| 8 | ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'la | the calf | عجل |
| 9 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 10 | بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihi | after him | بعد |
| 11 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | and you | — |
| 12 | ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna | (were) wrongdoers | ظلم |