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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 93 (2:93)

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وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ …

Quran 2:93 is ayah 93 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 14 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:93
وَإِذْأَخَذْنَامِيثَٰقَكُمْوَرَفَعْنَافَوْقَكُمُٱلطُّورَخُذُوا۟مَآءَاتَيْنَٰكُمبِقُوَّةٍوَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖقَالُوا۟سَمِعْنَاوَعَصَيْنَاوَأُشْرِبُوا۟فِىقُلُوبِهِمُٱلْعِجْلَبِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚقُلْبِئْسَمَايَأْمُرُكُمبِهِۦٓإِيمَٰنُكُمْإِنكُنتُممُّؤْمِنِينَ٩٣
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

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."(93)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe took
  3. مِيثَٰقَكُمْmīthāqakumyour covenant
  4. وَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāand We raised
  5. فَوْقَكُمُfawqakumuover you
  6. ٱلطُّورَl-ṭūrathe mount
  7. خُذُوا۟khudhūHold
  8. مَآmāwhat
  9. ءَاتَيْنَٰكُمātaynākumWe gave you
  10. بِقُوَّةٍbiquwwatinwith firmness
  11. وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖwa-is'maʿūand listen
  12. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  13. سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāWe heard
  14. وَعَصَيْنَاwaʿaṣaynāand we disobeyed
  15. وَأُشْرِبُوا۟wa-ush'ribūAnd they were made to drink
  16. فِىfīin
  17. قُلُوبِهِمُqulūbihimutheir hearts
  18. ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'la(love of) the calf
  19. بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚbikuf'rihimbecause of their disbelief
  20. قُلْqulSay
  21. بِئْسَمَاbi'samāEvil (is) that
  22. يَأْمُرُكُمyamurukumorders you (to do) it
  23. بِهِۦٓbihiwith
  24. إِيمَٰنُكُمْīmānukumyour faith
  25. إِنinif
  26. كُنتُمkuntumyou are
  27. مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

Tafsir (commentary) of 2:93

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The Jews rebel after Allah took Their Covenant and raised the Mountain above Their Heads

Allah reminded the Jews of their errors, breaking His covenant, transgression and defiance, when He raised Mount Tur above them so that they would believe and agree to the terms of the covenant. Yet, they broke it soon afterwards,

قَالُواْ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا

(They said, "We have heard and disobeyed.") We have mentioned the Tafsir of this subject before. `Abdur-Razzaq said that Ma`mar narrated that Qatadah said that,

وَأُشْرِبُواْ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ

(And their hearts absorbed (the worship of) the calf) means, "They absorbed its love, until its love resided in their hearts." This is also the opinion of Abu Al-`Aliyah and Ar-Rabi` bin Anas. Allah's statement,

قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِ إِيمَـنُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

(Say: "Worst indeed is that which your faith enjoins on you if you are believers.") means, "Worse yet is the manner in which you behaved in the past and even now, disbelieving in Allah's Ayat and defying the Prophets. You also disbelieved in Muhammad , which is the worst of your deeds and the harshest sin that you committed. You disbelieved in the Final Messenger and the master of all Prophets and Messengers, the one who was sent to all mankind. How can you then claim that you believe, while committing the evil of breaking Allah's covenant, disbelieving in Allah's Ayat and worshipping the calf instead of Allah"

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