Quran 4:154 — An-Nisaa, verse 154
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We made the mountain tower high above them at their pledge; We said to them, ‘Enter the gate humbly,’ and, ‘Do not break the Sabbath,’ and took a solemn pledge from them.
وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ الطُّورَ بِمِيثَاقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا فِي السَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُمْ مِيثَاقًا غَلِيظًا
warafaʿnā fawqahumu l-ṭūra bimīthāqihim waqul'nā lahumu ud'khulū l-bāba sujjadan waqul'nā lahum lā taʿdū fī l-sabti wa-akhadhnā min'hum mīthāqan ghalīẓan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We raised above them the Mount, taking compact with them; and We said to them, 'Enter in at the gate, prostrating'; and We said to them, 'Transgress not the Sabbath'; and We took from them a solemn compact.
- Muhammad Asad
- raising Mount Sinai high above them in witness of their solemn pledge. And We said unto them, “Enter the gate humbly”; and We told them, "Do not break the Sabbath-law"; and We accepted from them a most solemn pledge.
- Sahih International
- And We raised over them the mount for [refusal of] their covenant; and We said to them, "Enter the gate bowing humbly"; and We said to them, "Do not transgress on the sabbath"; and We took from them a solemn covenant.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnā | And We raised | رفع |
| 2 | فَوْقَهُمُfawqahumu | over them | فوق |
| 3 | ٱلطُّورَl-ṭūra | the mount | طور |
| 4 | بِمِيثَـٰقِهِمْbimīthāqihim | for their covenant | وثق |
| 5 | وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nā | and We said | قول |
| 6 | لَهُمُlahumu | to them | — |
| 7 | ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulū | Enter | دخل |
| 8 | ٱلْبَابَl-bāba | the gate | بوب |
| 9 | سُجَّدًۭاsujjadan | prostrating | سجد |
| 10 | وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nā | And We said | قول |
| 11 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 12 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 13 | تَعْدُوا۟taʿdū | transgress | عدو |
| 14 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 15 | ٱلسَّبْتِl-sabti | the Sabbath | سبت |
| 16 | وَأَخَذْنَاwa-akhadhnā | And We took | أخذ |
| 17 | مِنْهُمmin'hum | from them | — |
| 18 | مِّيثَـٰقًاmīthāqan | a covenant | وثق |
| 19 | غَلِيظًۭاghalīẓan | solemn | غلظ |