Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 60
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وَإِذِ اسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَ ۖ فَانْفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْ ۖ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
Translation by words
- وَإِذِ
- And when
- ٱسْتَسْقَىٰ
- asked (for) water
- مُوسَىٰ
- Musa
- لِقَوْمِهِۦ
- for his people,
- فَقُلْنَا
- [so] We said,
- ٱضْرِب
- "Strike
- بِّعَصَاكَ
- with your staff
- ٱلْحَجَرَ
- the stone."
- فَٱنفَجَرَتْ
- Then gushed forth
- مِنْهُ
- from it
- ٱثْنَتَا
- (of)
- عَشْرَةَ
- twelve
- عَيْنًا
- springs.
- قَدْ
- Indeed
- عَلِمَ
- knew
- كُلُّ
- all
- أُنَاسٍ
- (the) people
- مَّشْرَبَهُمْ
- 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."
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 knew its watering place. "Eat and drink from the provision of Allah, and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."
2:60
Translation: Saheeh International