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وَإِذْ
And when
وَٰعَدْنَا
We appointed
مُوسَىٰٓ
(for) Musa
أَرْبَعِينَ
forty
لَيْلَةً
nights
ثُمَّ
Then
ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ
you took
ٱلْعِجْلَ
the calf
مِنۢ
from
بَعْدِهِۦ
after him
وَأَنتُمْ
and you
ظَٰلِمُونَ
(were) wrongdoers

Wa iz waa'adnaa Moosaaa arba'eena lailatan summattakhaztumul 'ijla mim ba'dihee wa antum zaalimoon

And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [i.e., his departure], while you were wrongdoers.

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ثُمَّ
Then
عَفَوْنَا
We forgave
عَنكُم
you
مِّنۢ
from
بَعْدِ
after
ذَٰلِكَ
that
لَعَلَّكُمْ
so that you may
تَشْكُرُونَ
(be) grateful

Summa 'afawnaa 'ankum mim ba'di zaalika la'allakum tashkuroon

Then We forgave you after that so perhaps you would be grateful.

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وَإِذْ
And when
ءَاتَيْنَا
We gave
مُوسَى
Musa
ٱلْكِتَٰبَ
the Book
وَٱلْفُرْقَانَ
and the Criterion
لَعَلَّكُمْ
perhaps you
تَهْتَدُونَ
(would be) guided

Wa iz aatainaa Moosal kitaaba wal Furqaana la'allakum tahtadoon

And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided.

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وَإِذْ
And when
قَالَ
said
مُوسَىٰ
Musa
لِقَوْمِهِۦ
to his people
يَٰقَوْمِ
"O my people!
إِنَّكُمْ
Indeed you
ظَلَمْتُمْ
[you] have wronged
أَنفُسَكُم
yourselves
بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُ
by your taking
ٱلْعِجْلَ
the calf
فَتُوبُوٓا۟
So turn in repentance
إِلَىٰ
to
بَارِئِكُمْ
your Creator
فَٱقْتُلُوٓا۟
and kill
أَنفُسَكُمْ
yourselves
ذَٰلِكُمْ
That
خَيْرٌ
(is) better
لَّكُمْ
for you
عِندَ
with
بَارِئِكُمْ
your Creator"
فَتَابَ
Then He turned
عَلَيْكُمْۚ
towards you
إِنَّهُۥ
Indeed He!
هُوَ
He
ٱلتَّوَّابُ
(is) the Oft-returning
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
the Most Merciful

Wa iz qaala Moosaa liqawmihee yaa qawmi innakum zalamtum anfusakum bittikhaa zikumul 'ijla fatoobooo ilaa Baari'ikum faqtulooo anfusakum zaalikum khairul lakum 'inda Baari'ikum fataaba 'alaikum; innahoo Huwat Tawwaabur Raheem

And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "O my people, indeed you have wronged yourselves by your taking of the calf [for worship]. So repent to your Creator and kill yourselves [i.e., the guilty among you]. That is best for [all of] you in the sight of your Creator." Then He accepted your repentance; indeed, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

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وَإِذْ
And when
قُلْتُمْ
you said
يَٰمُوسَىٰ
"O Musa!
لَن
Never
نُّؤْمِنَ
(will) we believe
لَكَ
in you
حَتَّىٰ
until
نَرَى
we see
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
جَهْرَةً
manifestly"
فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ
So seized you
ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ
the thunderbolt
وَأَنتُمْ
while you
تَنظُرُونَ
(were) looking

Wa iz qultum yaa Moosaa lan nu'mina laka hattaa naral laaha jahratan fa akhazat kumus saa'iqatu wa antum tanzuroon

And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allah outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.

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ثُمَّ
Then
بَعَثْنَٰكُم
We revived you
مِّنۢ
from
بَعْدِ
after
مَوْتِكُمْ
your death
لَعَلَّكُمْ
so that you may
تَشْكُرُونَ
(be) grateful

Summa ba'asnaakum mim ba'di mawtikum la'allakum tashkuroon

Then We revived you after your death that perhaps you would be grateful.

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وَظَلَّلْنَا
And We shaded
عَلَيْكُمُ
[over] you
ٱلْغَمَامَ
(with) [the] clouds
وَأَنزَلْنَا
and We sent down
عَلَيْكُمُ
to you
ٱلْمَنَّ
[the] manna
وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰۖ
and [the] quails
كُلُوا۟
"Eat
مِن
from
طَيِّبَٰتِ
(the) good things
مَا
that
رَزَقْنَٰكُمْۖ
We have provided you"
وَمَا
And not
ظَلَمُونَا
they wronged Us
وَلَٰكِن
but
كَانُوٓا۟
they were
أَنفُسَهُمْ
(to) themselves
يَظْلِمُونَ
doing wrong

Wa zallalnaa 'alaikumul ghamaama wa anzalnaa 'alaikumul Manna was Salwaa kuloo min taiyibaati maa razaqnaakum wa maa zalamoonaa wa laakin kaanooo anfusahum yazlimoon

And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not – but they were [only] wronging themselves.

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وَإِذْ
And when
قُلْنَا
We said
ٱدْخُلُوا۟
"Enter
هَٰذِهِ
this
ٱلْقَرْيَةَ
town
فَكُلُوا۟
then eat
مِنْهَا
from [it]
حَيْثُ
wherever
شِئْتُمْ
you wish[ed]
رَغَدًا
abundantly
وَٱدْخُلُوا۟
and enter
ٱلْبَابَ
the gate
سُجَّدًا
prostrating
وَقُولُوا۟
And say
حِطَّةٌ
"Repentance
نَّغْفِرْ
We will forgive
لَكُمْ
for you
خَطَٰيَٰكُمْۚ
your sins
وَسَنَزِيدُ
And We will increase
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
the good-doers (in reward)"

Wa iz qulnad khuloo haazihil qaryata fakuloo minhaa haisu shi'tum raghadanw wadkhulul baaba sujjadanw wa qooloo hittatun naghfir lakum khataayaakum; wa sanazeedul muhsineen

And [recall] when We said, "Enter this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will in [ease and] abundance, and enter the gate bowing humbly and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins].' We will [then] forgive your sins for you, and We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."

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فَبَدَّلَ
But changed
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
ظَلَمُوا۟
wronged
قَوْلًا
(the) word
غَيْرَ
other (than)
ٱلَّذِى
that which
قِيلَ
was said
لَهُمْ
to them;
فَأَنزَلْنَا
so We sent down
عَلَى
upon
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
ظَلَمُوا۟
wronged
رِجْزًا
a punishment
مِّنَ
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
the sky
بِمَا
because
كَانُوا۟
they were
يَفْسُقُونَ
defiantly disobeying

Fabaddalal lazeena zalamoo qawlan ghairal lazee qeela lahum fa anzalnaa 'alal lazeena zalamoo rijzam minas samaaa'i bimaa kaanoo yafsuqoon

But those who wronged changed [those words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them, so We sent down upon those who wronged a punishment [i.e., plague] from the sky because they were defiantly disobeying.

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وَإِذِ
And when
ٱسْتَسْقَىٰ
asked (for) water
مُوسَىٰ
Musa
لِقَوْمِهِۦ
for his people
فَقُلْنَا
[so] We said
ٱضْرِب
"Strike
بِّعَصَاكَ
with your staff
ٱلْحَجَرَۖ
the stone"
فَٱنفَجَرَتْ
Then gushed forth
مِنْهُ
from it
ٱثْنَتَا
(of)
عَشْرَةَ
twelve
عَيْنًاۖ
springs
قَدْ
Indeed
عَلِمَ
knew
كُلُّ
all
أُنَاسٍ
(the) people
مَّشْرَبَهُمْۖ
their drinking place
كُلُوا۟
"Eat
وَٱشْرَبُوا۟
and drink
مِن
from
رِّزْقِ
(the) provision (of)
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
وَلَا
and (do) not
تَعْثَوْا۟
act wickedly
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the earth
مُفْسِدِينَ
spreading corruption"

Wa izis tasqaa Moosaa liqawmihee faqulnad rib bi'asaakal hajara fanfajarat minhusnataaa 'ashrata 'aynan qad 'alima kullu unaasim mash rabahum kuloo washraboo mir rizqil laahi wa laa ta'saw fil ardi mufsideen

And [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs, and every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. "Eat and drink from the provision of Allah, and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

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