وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍۢ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Translation
Sahih International
And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers."
Word-by-Word Translation
وَإِذْ
And when
أَخَذْنَا
We took
مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ
your covenant
وَرَفَعْنَا
and We raised
فَوْقَكُمُ
over you
ٱلطُّورَ
the mount
خُذُوا۟
Hold
مَآ
what
ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم
We gave you
بِقُوَّةٍۢ
with firmness
وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ
and listen
قَالُوا۟
They said
سَمِعْنَا
We heard
وَعَصَيْنَا
and we disobeyed
وَأُشْرِبُوا۟
And they were made to drink
فِى
in
قُلُوبِهِمُ
their hearts
ٱلْعِجْلَ
(love of) the calf
بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚ
because of their disbelief
قُلْ
Say
بِئْسَمَا
Evil (is) that
يَأْمُرُكُم
orders you (to do) it
بِهِۦٓ
with
إِيمَـٰنُكُمْ
your faith
إِن
if
كُنتُم
you are
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
believers
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