The Holy Quran 2:53 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

Translation

(Remember also the time) When We gave Moosa the Book (the Torah) which was the Furqaan (Decider between right and wrong) so that you (the Bani Israa'eel) may be rightly guided.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

What is the Furqan?: the Book is the Torah, and Furqan (the Criterion) is the name given to the laws of the shariah by which the lawful and the unlawful are known; or Furqan refers to the miracles of Musa ﵇, by which the liar is distinguished from the truthful and the disbeliever from the believer; or the Torah itself is called Furqan, since it is both a…

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