93 Wa iz akhaznaa meesaaqakum

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا مِيْثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّوْرَ ۭخُذُوْا مَآ اٰتَيْنٰكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَّاسْمَعُوْا ۭ قَالُوْا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا ۤ وَاُشْرِبُوْا فِيْ قُلُوْبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِھِمْ ۭ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَاْمُرُكُمْ بِهٖٓ اِيْمَانُكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّؤْمِنِيْنَ

وَإِذْ : And when  
  أَخَذْنَا : We took  
  مِيثَٰقَكُمْ : your covenant  
  وَرَفَعْنَا : and We raised  
  فَوْقَكُمُ : over you  
  ٱلطُّورَ : the mount,  
  خُذُوا۟ : "Hold  
  مَآ : what  
  ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم : We gave you,  
  بِقُوَّةٍ : with firmness  
  وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ۖ : and listen."  
  قَالُوا۟ : They said,  
  سَمِعْنَا : "We heard  
  وَعَصَيْنَا : and we disobeyed."  
  وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ : And they were made to drink  
  فِى : in  
  قُلُوبِهِمُ : their hearts  
  ٱلْعِجْلَ : (love of) the calf  
  بِكُفْرِهِمْۚ : because of their disbelief.  
  قُلْ : Say,  
  بِئْسَمَا : "Evil (is) that  
  يَأْمُرُكُم : orders you (to do) it  
  بِهِۦٓ : with  
  إِيمَٰنُكُمْ : your faith,  
  إِن : if  
  كُنتُم : you are  
  مُّؤْمِنِينَ : believers."

Wa iz akhaznaa meesaaqakum wa rafa'naa fawqa kumut Toora khuzoo maaa aatainaakum biquwwatinw wasma'oo qaaloo sami'naa wa 'asainaa wa ushriboo fee quloobihimul 'ijla bikufrihim; qul bi'samaa yaamurukum biheee eemaanukum in kuntum mu'mineen

And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers."

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