Quran 2:87 — Al-Baqara, verse 87
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We gave Moses the Scripture and We sent messengers after him in succession. We gave Jesus, son of Mary, clear signs and strengthened him with the Holy Spirit. So how is it that, whenever a messenger brings you something you do not like, you become arrogant, calling some impostors and killing others?
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ بِالرُّسُلِ ۖ وَآتَيْنَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ ۗ أَفَكُلَّمَا جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰ أَنْفُسُكُمُ اسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقًا كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ
walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba waqaffaynā min baʿdihi bil-rusuli waātaynā ʿīsā ib'na maryama l-bayināti wa-ayyadnāhu birūḥi l-qudusi afakullamā jāakum rasūlun bimā lā tahwā anfusukumu is'takbartum fafarīqan kadhabtum wafarīqan taqtulūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We gave to Moses the Book, and after him sent succeeding Messengers; and We gave Jesus son of Mary the clear signs, and confirmed him with the Holy Spirit; and whensoever there came to you a Messenger with that your souls had not desire for, did you become arrogant, and some cry lies to, and some slay?
- Muhammad Asad
- For, indeed, We vouchsafed unto Moses the divine writ and caused apostle after apostle to follow him; and We vouchsafed unto Jesus, the son of Mary, all evidence of the truth, and strengthened him with holy inspiration. [Yet] is it not so that every time an apostle came unto you with something that was not to your liking, you gloried in your arrogance, and to some of them you gave the lie, while others you would slay?
- Sahih International
- And We did certainly give Moses the Scripture [i.e., the Torah] and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel]. But is it [not] that every time a messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel], with what your souls did not desire, you were arrogant? And a party [of messengers] you denied and another party you killed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And indeed | — |
| 2 | ءَاتَيْنَاātaynā | We gave | أتي |
| 3 | مُوسَىmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 5 | وَقَفَّيْنَاwaqaffaynā | and We followed up | قفو |
| 6 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 7 | بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihi | after him | بعد |
| 8 | بِٱلرُّسُلِ ۖbil-rusuli | with [the] Messengers | رسل |
| 9 | وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynā | And We gave | أتي |
| 10 | عِيسَىʿīsā | Isa | — |
| 11 | ٱبْنَib'na | (the) son | بني |
| 12 | مَرْيَمَmaryama | (of) Maryam | — |
| 13 | ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِl-bayināti | [the] clear signs | بين |
| 14 | وَأَيَّدْنَـٰهُwa-ayyadnāhu | and We supported him | أيد |
| 15 | بِرُوحِbirūḥi | (with) | روح |
| 16 | ٱلْقُدُسِ ۗl-qudusi | the Holy Spirit | قدس |
| 17 | أَفَكُلَّمَاafakullamā | Is it (not) so (that) whenever | كلل |
| 18 | جَآءَكُمْjāakum | came to you | جيأ |
| 19 | رَسُولٌۢrasūlun | a Messenger | رسل |
| 20 | بِمَاbimā | with what | — |
| 21 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 22 | تَهْوَىٰٓtahwā | desire | هوي |
| 23 | أَنفُسُكُمُanfusukumu | yourselves | نفس |
| 24 | ٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْis'takbartum | you acted arrogantly | كبر |
| 25 | فَفَرِيقًۭاfafarīqan | So a party | فرق |
| 26 | كَذَّبْتُمْkadhabtum | you denied | كذب |
| 27 | وَفَرِيقًۭاwafarīqan | and a party | فرق |
| 28 | تَقْتُلُونَtaqtulūna | you kill(ed) | قتل |