وَإِذۡ
أَخَذۡنَا
مِيثَٰقَ
بَنِيٓ
إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
لَا
تَعۡبُدُونَ
إِلَّا
ٱللَّهَ
وَبِٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ
إِحۡسَانٗا
وَذِي
ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ
وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ
وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِ
وَقُولُواْ
لِلنَّاسِ
حُسۡنٗا
وَأَقِيمُواْ
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
وَءَاتُواْ
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
ثُمَّ
تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلٗا
مِّنكُمۡ
وَأَنتُم
مُّعۡرِضُونَ
٨٣
And ˹remember˺ when We took a covenant from the children of Israel ˹stating˺, “Worship none but Allah; be kind to parents, relatives, orphans and the needy; speak kindly to people; establish prayer; and pay alms-tax.” But you ˹Israelites˺ turned away—except for a few of you—and were indifferent.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not worship except Allāh; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakāh." Then you turned away, except a few of you, and you were refusing.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Covenant that Allah took from the Children of Israel
Allah reminded the Children of Israel of the commandments that He gave them, and the covenants that He took from them to abide by those commands, and how they intentionally and knowingly turned away from all of that. Allah commanded them to wor
…The Covenant that Allah took from the Children of Israel
Allah reminded the Children of Israel of the commandments that He gave them, and the covenants
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