Quran 2:54 — Al-Baqara, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Moses said to his people, ‘My people, you have wronged yourselves by worshipping the calf, so repent to your Maker and kill [the guilty among] you. That is the best you can do in the eyes of your Maker.’ He accepted your repentance: He is the Ever Relenting and the Most Merciful.
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّكُمْ ظَلَمْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ بِاتِّخَاذِكُمُ الْعِجْلَ فَتُوبُوا إِلَىٰ بَارِئِكُمْ فَاقْتُلُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ بَارِئِكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
wa-idh qāla mūsā liqawmihi yāqawmi innakum ẓalamtum anfusakum bi-ittikhādhikumu l-ʿij'la fatūbū ilā bāri-ikum fa-uq'tulū anfusakum dhālikum khayrun lakum ʿinda bāri-ikum fatāba ʿalaykum innahu huwa l-tawābu l-raḥīmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when Moses said to his people, 'My people, you have done wrong against yourselves by your taking the Calf; now turn to your Creator and slay one another. That will be better for you in your Creator's sight, and He will turn to you; truly He turns, and is All-compassionate.'
- Muhammad Asad
- and when Moses said unto his people: "O my people! Verily, you have sinned against yourselves by worshipping the calf; turn, then. in repentance to your Maker and mortify yourselves; this will be the best for you in your Maker's sight". And thereupon He accepted your repentance: for, behold, He alone is the Acceptor of Repentance, the Dispenser of Grace.
- Sahih International
- And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "O my people, indeed you have wronged yourselves by your taking of the calf [for worship]. So repent to your Creator and kill yourselves [i.e., the guilty among you]. That is best for [all of] you in the sight of your Creator." Then He accepted your repentance; indeed, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | قَالَqāla | said | قول |
| 3 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | لِقَوْمِهِۦliqawmihi | to his people | قوم |
| 5 | يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi | O my people | قوم |
| 6 | إِنَّكُمْinnakum | Indeed, you | — |
| 7 | ظَلَمْتُمْẓalamtum | [you] have wronged | ظلم |
| 8 | أَنفُسَكُمanfusakum | yourselves | نفس |
| 9 | بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُbi-ittikhādhikumu | by your taking | أخذ |
| 10 | ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'la | the calf | عجل |
| 11 | فَتُوبُوٓا۟fatūbū | So turn in repentance | توب |
| 12 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 13 | بَارِئِكُمْbāri-ikum | your Creator | برأ |
| 14 | فَٱقْتُلُوٓا۟fa-uq'tulū | and kill | قتل |
| 15 | أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakum | yourselves | نفس |
| 16 | ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikum | That | — |
| 17 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) better | خير |
| 18 | لَّكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 19 | عِندَʿinda | with | عند |
| 20 | بَارِئِكُمْbāri-ikum | your Creator | برأ |
| 21 | فَتَابَfatāba | Then He turned | توب |
| 22 | عَلَيْكُمْ ۚʿalaykum | towards you | — |
| 23 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed He | — |
| 24 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 25 | ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābu | (is) the-returning | توب |
| 26 | ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmu | the Most Merciful | رحم |