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Home en Surah Al Baqarah ayat 51 Translation Tafsir

اَلْبَقَرَة

Al Baqarah

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وَ اِذْ وٰعَدْنَا مُوْسٰۤى اَرْبَعِیْنَ لَیْلَةً ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِهٖ وَ اَنْتُمْ ظٰلِمُوْنَ(51)

English translation of Kanz-ul-Irfan

And remember when We promised Mūsā forty nights, then you took the calf (in worship)[1] after him, and you were in actual fact oppressors.

Commentary

[1]

After the destruction of Pharaoh and his followers, Prophet Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام returned to Egypt with his nation. Allah promised to grant him the Torah; initially, a period of thirty days was appointed, and then ten more days were added.