The Holy Quran 7:134 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّجْزُ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَى ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ ۖ لَئِن كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا ٱلرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Translation

Whenever a punishment afflicted (came to) them they said, "O Moosa! Pray for us to your Rabb by the pledge that He had made with you (the pledge that He would remove the punishment if we accepted Imaan). We swear that if you remove the punishment from us, we would certainly believe (totally) in you and send the Bani Israa'eel with you."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The request to Musa ﵇ for supplication: that is, “pray in that effective way of supplication which He has taught you.” Or the meaning of بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَ “by the covenant He has made with you” is: “pray in your capacity as ‘the prophet of Allah’.

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