Quran 2:60 — Al-Baqara, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember when Moses prayed for water for his people and We said to him, ‘Strike the rock with your staff.’ Twelve springs gushed out, and each group knew its drinking place. ‘Eat and drink the sustenance God has provided and do not cause corruption in the land.’
وَإِذِ اسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَ ۖ فَانْفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْ ۖ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
wa-idhi is'tasqā mūsā liqawmihi faqul'nā iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-ḥajara fa-infajarat min'hu ith'natā ʿashrata ʿaynan qad ʿalima kullu unāsin mashrabahum kulū wa-ish'rabū min riz'qi l-lahi walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when Moses sought water for his people, so We said, 'Strike with thy staff the rock'; and there gushed forth from it twelve fountains; all the people knew now their drinking-place. 'Eat and drink of God's providing, and mischief not in the earth, doing corruption.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [remember] when Moses prayed for water for his people and We replied, "Strike the rock with thy staff!"-whereupon twelve springs gushed forth from it, so that all the people knew whence to drink. [And Moses said:] "Eat and drink the sustenance provided by God, and do not act wickedly on earth by spreading corruption."
- Sahih International
- And [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs, and every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. "Eat and drink from the provision of Allāh, and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَإِذِwa-idhi | And when | — |
| 2 | ٱسْتَسْقَىٰis'tasqā | asked (for) water | سقي |
| 3 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | لِقَوْمِهِۦliqawmihi | for his people | قوم |
| 5 | فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nā | [so] We said | قول |
| 6 | ٱضْرِبiḍ'rib | Strike | ضرب |
| 7 | بِّعَصَاكَbiʿaṣāka | with your staff | عصو |
| 8 | ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖl-ḥajara | the stone | حجر |
| 9 | فَٱنفَجَرَتْfa-infajarat | Then gushed forth | فجر |
| 10 | مِنْهُmin'hu | from it | — |
| 11 | ٱثْنَتَاith'natā | two | ثني |
| 12 | عَشْرَةَʿashrata | (and) ten [i.e. twelve] | عشر |
| 13 | عَيْنًۭا ۖʿaynan | springs | عين |
| 14 | قَدْqad | Indeed | — |
| 15 | عَلِمَʿalima | knew | علم |
| 16 | كُلُّkullu | all | كلل |
| 17 | أُنَاسٍۢunāsin | (the) people | أنس |
| 18 | مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۖmashrabahum | their drinking place | شرب |
| 19 | كُلُوا۟kulū | Eat | أكل |
| 20 | وَٱشْرَبُوا۟wa-ish'rabū | and drink | شرب |
| 21 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 22 | رِّزْقِriz'qi | (the) provision (of) | رزق |
| 23 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 24 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 25 | تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthaw | act wickedly | عثو |
| 26 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 27 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 28 | مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīna | spreading corruption | فسد |