Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 83
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وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا تَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا وَذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَقُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِنْكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ
Translation by words
- وَإِذْ
- And when
- أَخَذْنَا
- We took
- مِيثَٰقَ
- (the) covenant
- بَنِىٓ
- (from the) Children
- إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
- (of) Israel,
- لَا
- "Not
- تَعْبُدُونَ
- you will worship
- إِلَّا
- except
- ٱللَّهَ
- Allah,
- وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ
- and with [the] parents
- إِحْسَانًا
- (be) good
- وَذِى
- and (with)
- ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ
- relatives
- وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ
- and [the] orphans
- وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ
- and the needy,
- وَقُولُوا۟
- and speak
- لِلنَّاسِ
- to [the] people
- حُسْنًا
- good,
- وَأَقِيمُوا۟
- and establish
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
- the prayer
- وَءَاتُوا۟
- and give
- ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
- the zakah."
- ثُمَّ
- Then
- تَوَلَّيْتُمْ
- you turned away,
- إِلَّا
- except
- قَلِيلًا
- a few
- مِّنكُمْ
- of you,
- وَأَنتُم
- and you (were)
- مُّعْرِضُونَ
- refusing.
And (recall) when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, (enjoining upon them), "Do not worship except Allah; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good (words) and establish prayer and give zakah." Then you turned away, except a few of you, and you were refusing.
2:83
Translation: Saheeh International