2: Surah Al-Baqarah - Part 24
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وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قُلْتُمْ
qul'tum
you said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰ
yāmūsā
O Musa
لَن
lan
Never (will)
نَّصْبِرَ
naṣbira
we endure
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
[on]
طَعَامٍۢ
ṭaʿāmin
food
وَٰحِدٍۢ
wāḥidin
(of) one (kind)
فَٱدْعُ
fa-ud'ʿu
so pray
لَنَا
lanā
for us
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
(to) your Lord
يُخْرِجْ
yukh'rij
to bring forth
لَنَا
lanā
for us
مِمَّا
mimmā
out of what
تُنۢبِتُ
tunbitu
grows
ٱلْأَرْضُ
l-arḍu
the earth
مِنۢ
min
of
بَقْلِهَا
baqlihā
its herbs
وَقِثَّآئِهَا
waqithāihā
[and] its cucumbers
وَفُومِهَا
wafūmihā
[and] its garlic
وَعَدَسِهَا
waʿadasihā
[and] its lentils
وَبَصَلِهَا ۖ
wabaṣalihā
and its onions
قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ
atastabdilūna
Would you exchange
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
that which
هُوَ
huwa
[it]
أَدْنَىٰ
adnā
(is) inferior
بِٱلَّذِى
bi-alladhī
for that which
هُوَ
huwa
[it]
خَيْرٌ ۚ
khayrun
(is) better
ٱهْبِطُوا۟
ih'biṭū
Go down
مِصْرًۭا
miṣ'ran
(to) a city
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
so indeed
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مَّا
(is) what
سَأَلْتُمْ ۗ
sa-altum
you have asked (for)
وَضُرِبَتْ
waḍuribat
And were struck
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
on them
ٱلذِّلَّةُ
l-dhilatu
the humiliation
وَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ
wal-maskanatu
and the misery
وَبَآءُو
wabāū
and they drew on themselves
بِغَضَبٍۢ
bighaḍabin
wrath
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
Allah
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That (was)
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
because they
كَانُوا۟
kānū
used to
يَكْفُرُونَ
yakfurūna
disbelieve
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
in (the) Signs
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَيَقْتُلُونَ
wayaqtulūna
and kill
ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ
l-nabiyīna
the Prophets
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without (any)
ٱلْحَقِّ ۗ
l-ḥaqi
[the] right
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِمَا
bimā
(was) because
عَصَوا۟
ʿaṣaw
they disobeyed
وَّكَانُوا۟
wakānū
and they were
يَعْتَدُونَ
yaʿtadūna
transgressing
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