← Surah 2

2:67

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا۟ بَقَرَةً ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًا ۖ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِٱللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ

Word by word

وَإِذْ
And when
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
إِذْNoun — time adverb
قَالَ
said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
مُوسَىٰ
Musa
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مُوسَىٰNoun — proper noun، masculine، nominative
لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ
to his people
Noun
Root: قوم
Grammar (i'rab)
لِPreposition — preposition، prefix
قَوْمِNoun — masculine، genitive
هِۦٓNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
إِنَّ
Indeed
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِنَّPreposition — accusative
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهَNoun — proper noun، accusative
يَأْمُرُكُمْ
commands you
Verb
Root: أمر
Grammar (i'rab)
يَأْمُرُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
أَن
that
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنPreposition — subordinating
تَذْبَحُوا۟
you slaughter
Verb
Root: ذبح
Grammar (i'rab)
تَذْبَحُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
بَقَرَةً
a cow
Noun
Root: بقر
Grammar (i'rab)
بَقَرَةًNoun — feminine، indefinite، accusative
قَالُوٓا۟
They said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وٓا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
أَتَتَّخِذُنَا
Do you take us
Verb
Root: أخذ
Grammar (i'rab)
أَNoun — interrogative، prefix
تَتَّخِذُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. sing.
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
هُزُوًا
(in) ridicule
Noun
Root: هزأ
Grammar (i'rab)
هُزُوًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
قَالَ
He said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
أَعُوذُ
I seek refuge
Verb
Root: عوذ
Grammar (i'rab)
أَعُوذُVerb — imperfect، 1st sing.
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
ٱللَّهِNoun — proper noun، genitive
أَنْ
that
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنْPreposition — subordinating
أَكُونَ
I be
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
أَكُونَVerb — imperfect، 1st sing.
مِنَ
among
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِنَPreposition — preposition
ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ
the ignorant
Noun
Root: جهل
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
جَٰهِلِينَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، genitive

Translation

EN

And remember Moses said to his people: "Allah commands that ye sacrifice a heifer." They said: "Makest thou a laughing-stock of us?" He said: "Allah save me from being an ignorant (fool)!"

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Remember when Moses said to his people, ‘God commands you to sacrifice a cow.’ They said, ‘Are you making fun of us?’ He answered, ‘God forbid that I should be so ignorant.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

And when Moses said unto his people: Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye sacrifice a cow, they said: Dost thou make game of us? He answered: Allah forbid that I should be among the foolish!

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "Indeed, Allāh commands you to slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you take us in ridicule?" He said, "I seek refuge in Allāh from being among the ignorant."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Musa milletine: "Allah muhakkak bir sığır boğazlamanızı buyuruyor" demişti; "Bizi alaya mı alıyorsun?" dediklerinde de: "Cahillerden olmaktan Allah'a sığınırım" dedi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Hani bir zamanlar Musa kavmine demişti ki Allah, size bir bakara (sığır) boğazlamanızı emrediyor. Onlar da "ayol sen bizimle eğleniyor, alay mı ediyorsun?" dediler. Musa da: "Böyle cahillerden biri olmaktan Allah'a sığınırım." dedi.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Hani Musa, kavmine “Şüphesiz ki Allah herhangi bir inek kesmenizi size emrediyor.” demişti. (Onlar) “Bizimle alay mı ediyorsun?” deyince, o da “Cahillerden olmaktan Allah’a sığınırım.” demişti.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

واذكروا يا بني إسرائيل جناية أسلافكم، وكثرة تعنتهم وجدالهم لموسى عليه الصلاة والسلام، حين قال لهم: إن الله يأمركم أن تذبحوا بقرة، فقالوا -مستكبرين-: أتجعلنا موضعًا للسخرية والاستخفاف؟ فردَّ عليهم موسى بقوله: أستجير بالله أن أكون من المستهزئين.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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