Quran 2:83 — Al-Baqara, verse 83
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember when We took a pledge from the Children of Israel: ‘Worship none but God; be good to your parents and kinsfolk, to orphans and the poor; speak good words to all people; keep up the prayer and pay the prescribed alms.’ Then all but a few of you turned away and paid no heed.
وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا تَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا وَذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَقُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِنْكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ
wa-idh akhadhnā mīthāqa banī is'rāīla lā taʿbudūna illā l-laha wabil-wālidayni iḥ'sānan wadhī l-qur'bā wal-yatāmā wal-masākīni waqūlū lilnnāsi ḥus'nan wa-aqīmū l-ṣalata waātū l-zakata thumma tawallaytum illā qalīlan minkum wa-antum muʿ'riḍūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We took compact with the Children of Israel: 'You shall not serve any save God; and to be good to parents, and the near kinsman, and to orphans, and to the needy; and speak good to men, and perform the prayer, and pay the alms.' Then you turned away, all but a few of you, swerving aside.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND LO! We accepted this solemn pledge from [you,] ' the children of Israel: "You shall worship none but God; and you shall do good unto your parents and kinsfolk, and the orphans, and the poor; and you shall speak unto all people in a kindly way; and you shall be constant in prayer; and you shall spend in charity.” And yet, save for a few of you, you turned away: for you are obstinate folk!
- Sahih International
- And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not worship except Allāh; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakāh." Then you turned away, except a few of you, and you were refusing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | أَخَذْنَاakhadhnā | We took | أخذ |
| 3 | مِيثَـٰقَmīthāqa | (the) covenant | وثق |
| 4 | بَنِىٓbanī | (from the) Children | بني |
| 5 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | (of) Israel | — |
| 6 | لَاlā | Not | — |
| 7 | تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūna | you will worship | عبد |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayni | and with [the] parents | ولد |
| 11 | إِحْسَانًۭاiḥ'sānan | (be) good | حسن |
| 12 | وَذِىwadhī | and (with) | — |
| 13 | ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bā | relatives | قرب |
| 14 | وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmā | and [the] orphans | يتم |
| 15 | وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīni | and the needy | سكن |
| 16 | وَقُولُوا۟waqūlū | and speak | قول |
| 17 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | to [the] people | نوس |
| 18 | حُسْنًۭاḥus'nan | good | حسن |
| 19 | وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmū | and establish | قوم |
| 20 | ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalata | the prayer | صلو |
| 21 | وَءَاتُوا۟waātū | and give | أتي |
| 22 | ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakata | the zakah | زكو |
| 23 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 24 | تَوَلَّيْتُمْtawallaytum | you turned away | ولي |
| 25 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 26 | قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan | a few | قلل |
| 27 | مِّنكُمْminkum | of you | — |
| 28 | وَأَنتُمwa-antum | and you (were) | — |
| 29 | مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna | refusing | عرض |