The Holy Quran 2:93 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِيمَـٰنُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Translation

(Remember) When We took a promise from you (that you will obey the commands in the Torah) and (after you refused to carry out the promise, We) raised Mount Toor above you (saying) "Hold fast to what We have given you and listen (to the commands otherwise the mountain will be dropped on you).” They said, "We hear and we disobey (Your command)." Because of their kufr, the (love of the) calf was absorbed (soaked) into their hearts. Tell them, "Evil indeed is that (worship of the calf and rejection of Muhammad) which your belief (in the Torah) orders you to do, if you really are people who believe (as you claim)." (The verse makes it clear that the Jews cannot have belief in their Torah as they say they have because they do not obey the commands of the Torah which clearly told them to worship only Allaah and to believe in Muhammad on his arrival.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, hold fast, with full resolve and steadfastness, to the obligation of the commands of the Torah that has been laid upon you. Since the mountain was suspended over their heads, out of fear for their lives they said with their tongues (or at that moment)

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