The Holy Quran 2:59 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

Translation

The oppressors substituted (changed) the words ("Forgive us") with words which they were not told (thereby changing the meaning), so We sent a punishment (a plague) from the heavens upon the oppressors because of their disobedience. (They changed the word "Hitta" meaning "forgiveness" to "Hinta", meaning "wheat". By the afternoon, the plague had killed 70000 Jews).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Mocking Allah's command: the change was that instead of حِطَّةٌ (“forgive [us]”) they mockingly began to say حِنْطَةٌ (that is, “wheat”), and instead of prostrating they began to shuffle along on their buttocks. When they reached the city, plague struck them, and by midday seventy thousand Jews had died.

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