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Al-Baqarah 2:54

وَإِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوۡمِهِۦ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنَّكُمۡ ظَلَمۡتُمۡ أَنفُسَكُم بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُ ٱلۡعِجۡلَ فَتُوبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ بَارِئِكُمۡ فَٱقۡتُلُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡ ذَٰلِكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ عِندَ بَارِئِكُمۡ فَتَابَ عَلَيۡكُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

And ˹remember˺ when Moses said to his people, “O my people! Surely you have wronged yourselves by worshipping the calf, so turn in repentance to your Creator and execute ˹the calf-worshippers among˺ yourselves. That is best for you in the sight of your Creator.” Then He accepted your repentance. Surely He is the Accepter of Repentance, Most Merciful.

Word by word

وَإِذۡ
wa-idh
And when
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قَالَ
qāla
said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
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لِقَوۡمِهِۦ
liqawmihi
to his people
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يَٰقَوۡمِ
yāqawmi
O my people!
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
إِنَّكُمۡ
innakum
Indeed you
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ظَلَمۡتُمۡ
ẓalamtum
[you] have wronged
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم
أَنفُسَكُم
anfusakum
yourselves
Vocabulary
Root: نفس
بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُ
bi-ittikhādhikumu
by your taking
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
ٱلۡعِجۡلَ
l-ʿij'la
the calf
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Root: عجل
فَتُوبُوٓاْ
fatūbū
So turn in repentance
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Root: توب
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
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بَارِئِكُمۡ
bāri-ikum
your Creator
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Root: برا
فَٱقۡتُلُوٓاْ
fa-uq'tulū
and kill
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Root: قتل
أَنفُسَكُمۡ
anfusakum
yourselves
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Root: نفس
ذَٰلِكُمۡ
dhālikum
That
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خَيۡرٞ
khayrun
(is) better
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Root: خير
لَّكُمۡ
lakum
for you
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عِندَ
ʿinda
with
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Root: عند
بَارِئِكُمۡ
bāri-ikum
your Creator
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Root: برا
فَتَابَ
fatāba
Then He turned
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Root: توب
عَلَيۡكُمۡۚ
ʿalaykum
towards you
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إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed He!
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هُوَ
huwa
He
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ٱلتَّوَّابُ
l-tawābu
(is) the Oft-returning
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Root: توب
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
l-raḥīmu
the Most Merciful
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Root: رحم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.