Quran 2:93 — Al-Baqara, verse 93
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember when We took your pledge, making the mountain tower above you, and said, ‘Hold on firmly to what We have given you, and listen to [what We say].’ They said, ‘We hear and we disobey,’ and through their disbelief they were made to drink [the love of] the calf deep into their hearts. Say, ‘How evil are the things your belief commands you to do, if you really are believers!’
وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاسْمَعُوا ۖ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِهِ إِيمَانُكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
wa-idh akhadhnā mīthāqakum warafaʿnā fawqakumu l-ṭūra khudhū mā ātaynākum biquwwatin wa-is'maʿū qālū samiʿ'nā waʿaṣaynā wa-ush'ribū fī qulūbihimu l-ʿij'la bikuf'rihim qul bi'samā yamurukum bihi īmānukum in kuntum mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We took compact with you, and raised over you the Mount: 'Take forcefully what We have given you and give ear.' They said, 'We hear, and rebel'; and they were made to drink the Calf in their hearts for their unbelief. Say: 'Evil is the thing your faith bids you to, if you are believers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And, lo, We accepted your solemn pledge, raising Mount Sinai high above you, [saying,] "Hold fast with [all your] strength unto what We have vouchsafed you, and hearken unto it!" [But] they say, "We have heard, but we disobey" - for their hearts are filled to overflowing with love of the [golden] calf because of their refusal to acknowledge the truth. Say: "Vile is what this [false] belief of yours enjoins upon you-if indeed you are believers!"
- Sahih International
- And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers."
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 gave you | أتي |
| 10 | بِقُوَّةٍۢbiquwwatin | with firmness | قوي |
| 11 | وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖwa-is'maʿū | and listen | سمع |
| 12 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 13 | سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā | We heard | سمع |
| 14 | وَعَصَيْنَاwaʿaṣaynā | and we disobeyed | عصي |
| 15 | وَأُشْرِبُوا۟wa-ush'ribū | And they were made to drink | شرب |
| 16 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 17 | قُلُوبِهِمُqulūbihimu | their hearts | قلب |
| 18 | ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'la | (love of) the calf | عجل |
| 19 | بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚbikuf'rihim | because of their disbelief | كفر |
| 20 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 21 | بِئْسَمَاbi'samā | Evil (is) that | بأس |
| 22 | يَأْمُرُكُمyamurukum | orders you (to do) it | أمر |
| 23 | بِهِۦٓbihi | with | — |
| 24 | إِيمَـٰنُكُمْīmānukum | your faith | أمن |
| 25 | إِنin | if | — |
| 26 | كُنتُمkuntum | you are | كون |
| 27 | مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīna | believers | أمن |