وَقَطَّعۡنَٰهُمُ
ٱثۡنَتَيۡ
عَشۡرَةَ
أَسۡبَاطًا
أُمَمٗاۚ
وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ
إِلَىٰ
مُوسَىٰٓ
إِذِ
ٱسۡتَسۡقَىٰهُ
قَوۡمُهُۥٓ
أَنِ
ٱضۡرِب
بِّعَصَاكَ
ٱلۡحَجَرَۖ
فَٱنۢبَجَسَتۡ
مِنۡهُ
ٱثۡنَتَا
عَشۡرَةَ
عَيۡنٗاۖ
قَدۡ
عَلِمَ
كُلُّ
أُنَاسٖ
مَّشۡرَبَهُمۡۚ
وَظَلَّلۡنَا
عَلَيۡهِمُ
ٱلۡغَمَٰمَ
وَأَنزَلۡنَا
عَلَيۡهِمُ
ٱلۡمَنَّ
وَٱلسَّلۡوَىٰۖ
كُلُواْ
مِن
طَيِّبَٰتِ
مَا
رَزَقۡنَٰكُمۡۚ
وَمَا
ظَلَمُونَا
وَلَٰكِن
كَانُوٓاْ
أَنفُسَهُمۡ
يَظۡلِمُونَ
١٦٠
We divided them into twelve tribes—each as a community. And We revealed to Moses, when his people asked for water, “Strike the rock with your staff.” Then twelve springs gushed out. Each tribe knew its drinking place. We shaded them with clouds and sent down to them manna and quails,1 ˹saying˺, “Eat from the good things We have provided for you.” They ˹certainly˺ did not wrong Us, but wronged themselves.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ أُمَّةٌ قَآئِمَةٌ يَتْلُونَ ءَايَـتِ اللَّهِ ءَانَآءَ الَّيْلِ وَهُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ
(A party of the people of the Scripture stand for the right, they recite the verses of Allah during the hours of the night, prostrating themselves in prayer) 3:113,
وَإِنَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ
…مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ أُمَّةٌ قَآئِمَةٌ يَتْلُونَ ءَايَـتِ اللَّهِ ءَانَآءَ الَّيْلِ وَهُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ
(A party of the people of the Scripture stand
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