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

٥٤

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.

And ˹remember˺ when you said, “O Moses! We will never believe you until we see Allah with our own eyes,” so a thunderbolt struck you while you were looking on.

Then We brought you back to life after your death, so that perhaps you would be grateful.

And ˹remember when˺ We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails,¹ ˹saying˺, “Eat from the good things We have provided for you.” The evildoers ˹certainly˺ did not wrong Us, but wronged themselves.

And ˹remember˺ when We said, “Enter this city and eat freely from wherever you please; enter the gate with humility, saying, ‘Absolve us.’ We will forgive your sins and multiply the reward for the good-doers.”

But the wrongdoers changed the words they were commanded to say. So We sent down a punishment from the heavens upon them for their rebelliousness.

And ˹remember˺ when Moses prayed for water for his people, We said, “Strike the rock with your staff.” Then twelve springs gushed out, ˹and˺ each tribe knew its drinking place. ˹We then said,˺ “Eat and drink of Allah’s provisions, and do not go about spreading corruption in the land.”

And ˹remember˺ when you said, “O Moses! We cannot endure the same meal ˹every day˺. So ˹just˺ call upon your Lord on our behalf, He will bring forth for us some of what the earth produces of herbs, cucumbers, garlic, lentils, and onions.” Moses scolded ˹them˺, “Do you exchange what is better for what is worse? ˹You can˺ go down to any village and you will find what you have asked for.” They were stricken with disgrace and misery, and they invited the displeasure of Allah for rejecting Allah’s signs and unjustly killing the prophets. This is ˹a fair reward˺ for their disobedience and violations.

Indeed, the believers, Jews, Christians, and Sabians¹—whoever ˹truly˺ believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good will have their reward with their Lord. And there will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve.² 

And ˹remember˺ when We took a covenant from you and raised the mountain above you ˹saying˺, “Hold firmly to that ˹Scripture˺ which We have given you and observe its teachings so perhaps you will become mindful ˹of Allah˺.”