Surah An-Nisa · Ayah 153

Meaning of Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 153

Yas-aluka ahlu alkitabi an tunazzilaAAalayhim kitaban mina assama-i faqadsaaloo moosa akbara min thalika faqaloo arinaAllaha jahratan faakhathat-humu assaAAiqatubithulmihim thumma ittakhathoo alAAijla minbaAAdi ma jaat-humu albayyinatu faAAafawnaAAan thalika waatayna moosa sultananmubeena

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1. يَسْـَٔلُكَyasalukaAsk you
2. أَهْلُahlu(the) People
3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
4. أَنanthat
5. تُنَزِّلَtunazzilayou bring down
6. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
7. كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana book
8. مِّنَminafrom
9. ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚl-samāithe heaven
10. فَقَدْfaqadThen indeed
11. سَأَلُوا۟sa-alūthey (had) asked
12. مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
13. أَكْبَرَakbaragreater
14. مِنminthan
15. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
16. فَقَالُوٓا۟faqālūfor they said
17. أَرِنَاarināShow us
18. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
19. جَهْرَةًۭjahratanmanifestly
20. فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuso struck them
21. ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُl-ṣāʿiqatuthe thunderbolt
22. بِظُلْمِهِمْ ۚbiẓul'mihimfor their wrongdoing
23. ثُمَّthummaThen
24. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey took
25. ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calf (for worship)
26. مِنۢminfrom
27. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
28. مَاmā[what]
29. جَآءَتْهُمُjāathumucame to them
30. ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُl-bayinātuthe clear proofs
31. فَعَفَوْنَاfaʿafawnāthen We forgave them
32. عَنʿanfor
33. ذَٰلِكَ ۚdhālikathat
34. وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd We gave
35. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
36. سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanan authority
37. مُّبِينًۭاmubīnanclear