Surah Al-Baqarah · Ayah 54

Meaning of Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 54

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi ya qawmi innakum thalamtumanfusakum bittikhathikumu alAAijla fatooboo ilabari-ikum faqtuloo anfusakum thalikumkhayrun lakum AAinda bari-ikum fataba AAalaykuminnahu huwa attawwabu arraheem

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1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
2. قَالَqālasaid
3. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
4. لِقَوْمِهِۦliqawmihito his people
5. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
6. إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
7. ظَلَمْتُمْẓalamtum[you] have wronged
8. أَنفُسَكُمanfusakumyourselves
9. بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُbi-ittikhādhikumuby your taking
10. ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calf
11. فَتُوبُوٓا۟fatūbūSo turn in repentance
12. إِلَىٰilāto
13. بَارِئِكُمْbāri-ikumyour Creator
14. فَٱقْتُلُوٓا۟fa-uq'tulūand kill
15. أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
16. ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
17. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
18. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
19. عِندَʿindawith
20. بَارِئِكُمْbāri-ikumyour Creator
21. فَتَابَfatābaThen He turned
22. عَلَيْكُمْ ۚʿalaykumtowards you
23. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
24. هُوَhuwaHe
25. ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābu(is) the-returning
26. ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful