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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 154 (4:154)

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وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا …

Quran 4:154 is ayah 154 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 102 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:154
وَرَفَعْنَافَوْقَهُمُٱلطُّورَبِمِيثَٰقِهِمْوَقُلْنَالَهُمُٱدْخُلُوا۟ٱلْبَابَسُجَّدًاوَقُلْنَالَهُمْلَاتَعْدُوا۟فِىٱلسَّبْتِوَأَخَذْنَامِنْهُممِّيثَٰقًاغَلِيظًا١٥٤
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

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.(154)

Word by word

  1. وَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāAnd We raised
  2. فَوْقَهُمُfawqahumuover them
  3. ٱلطُّورَl-ṭūrathe mount
  4. بِمِيثَٰقِهِمْbimīthāqihimfor their covenant
  5. وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāand We said
  6. لَهُمُlahumuto them
  7. ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
  8. ٱلْبَابَl-bābathe gate
  9. سُجَّدًاsujjadanprostrating
  10. وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāAnd We said
  11. لَهُمْlahumto them
  12. لَاlā(Do) not
  13. تَعْدُوا۟taʿdūtransgress
  14. فِىfīin
  15. ٱلسَّبْتِl-sabtithe Sabbath
  16. وَأَخَذْنَاwa-akhadhnāAnd We took
  17. مِنْهُمmin'humfrom them
  18. مِّيثَٰقًاmīthāqana covenant
  19. غَلِيظًاghalīẓansolemn

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