Quran 2:63 — Al-Baqara, verse 63
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember when We took your pledge, and made the mountain tower high above you, and said, ‘Hold fast to what We have given you and bear its contents in mind, so that you may be conscious of God.’
وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
wa-idh akhadhnā mīthāqakum warafaʿnā fawqakumu l-ṭūra khudhū mā ātaynākum biquwwatin wa-udh'kurū mā fīhi laʿallakum tattaqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We took compact with you, and raised above you the Mount: 'Take forcefully what We have given you, and remember what is in it; haply you shall be godfearing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND LO! We accepted your solemn pledge, raising Mount Sinai high above you, [and saying;] "Hold fast with [all your] strength unto what We have vouchsafed you, and bear in mind all that is therein, so that you might remain conscious of God!"
- Sahih International
- And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah] and We raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | أَخَذْنَاakhadhnā | We took | أخذ |
| 3 | مِيثَـٰقَكُمْmīthāqakum | your covenant | وثق |
| 4 | وَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnā | and We raised | رفع |
| 5 | فَوْقَكُمُfawqakumu | over you | فوق |
| 6 | ٱلطُّورَl-ṭūra | the mount | طور |
| 7 | خُذُوا۟khudhū | Hold | أخذ |
| 8 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 9 | ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُمātaynākum | We have given you | أتي |
| 10 | بِقُوَّةٍۢbiquwwatin | with strength | قوي |
| 11 | وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurū | and remember | ذكر |
| 12 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 13 | فِيهِfīhi | (is) in it | — |
| 14 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | perhaps you | — |
| 15 | تَتَّقُونَtattaqūna | (would become) righteous | وقي |