Surah Al-Baqara 2:53 — translation and meaning
البقرة · Verse 53 / 286 · Page 8
وَإِذْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَالْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
Word by Word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
آتَيْنَا
atayna
We gave
مُوسَى
musa
Musa
الْكِتَابَ
al-kitaba
the Book
وَالْفُرْقَانَ
wal-fur'qana
and the Criterion
لَعَلَّكُمْ
la'allakum
perhaps you
تَهْتَدُونَ
tahtaduna
(would be) guided
Transliteration
Wa iz aatainaa Moosal kitaaba wal Furqaana la'allakum tahtadoon
Translation
And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Also, remember that Allah’s giving Moses (peace be upon him) the Torah as a criterion between truth and falsehood, discriminating between guidance and misguidance, so that you might be guided to the truth through it, were from the blessings of Allah.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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