Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 63
| وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ |
| Asad | : | AND LO! We accepted your solemn pledge, raising Mount Sinai high above you,51 [and saying,] "Hold fast with [all your] strength unto what We have vouchsafed you, and bear in mind all that is therein, so that you might remain conscious of God!" |
| Malik | : | Remember O Children of Israel when We took a covenant from you and when We lifted the Mount (Tur) over your heads saying: "Hold firmly to what We have given you (Torah) and follow the commandments therein, so that you may guard yourself against evil." |
| Pickthall | : | And (remember, O children of Israel) when We made a covenant with you and caused the Mount to tower above you, (saying): Hold fast that which We have given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil). |
| Yusuf Ali | : | And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (the towering height) of Mount (Sinai) (saying): "Hold firmly to what We have given you and bring (ever) to remembrance what is therein perchance ye may fear Allah." 78 |
| Transliteration | : | Waith akhathna meethaqakum warafaAAna fawqakumu alttoora khuthoo ma ataynakum biquwwatin waothkuroo ma feehi laAAallakum tattaqoona |
Note - 51Lit., "and We raised the mountain (at-tur) above you":
i.e., letting the lofty mountain bear witness, as it
were, to their solemn pledge, spelled out in verse {83}
below. Throughout my translation of the Qur'an, I am
rendering the expression at-tur as "Mount Sinai", since
it is invariably used in this sense alone.
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Note - 78The Mountain of Sinai (Tur-u-Sinin) a prominent mountain
in the Arabian desert, in the peninsula between the two
arms of the Red Sea. Here the Ten Commandments and the
Law were given to Moses. Hence it is now called the
Mountain of Moses (Jabal Musa). The Israelites encamped
at the foot of it for nearly a year. The Covenant was
taken from them under many portents (Exod. xix.
5,8,16,18), which are described in Jewish tradition in
great detail. Under thunder and lightening the mountain
must indeed have appeared an awe-inspiring sight above to
the Camp at its foot. And the people solemnly entered
into the Covenant: all the people answered together and
said, "All that the Lord hath spoken we will do."
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Lit., "and We raised the mountain (at-tur) above you": i.e., letting the lofty mountain bear witness, as it were, to their solemn pledge, spelled out in verse {83} below. Throughout my translation of the Qur'an, I am rendering the expression at-tur as "Mount Sinai", since it is invariably used in this sense alone. |
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The Mountain of Sinai (Tur-u-Sinin) a prominent mountain in the Arabian desert, in the peninsula between the two arms of the Red Sea. Here the Ten Commandments and the Law were given to Moses. Hence it is now called the Mountain of Moses (Jabal Musa). The Israelites encamped at the foot of it for nearly a year. The Covenant was taken from them under many portents (Exod. xix. 5,8,16,18), which are described in Jewish tradition in great detail. Under thunder and lightening the mountain must indeed have appeared an awe-inspiring sight above to the Camp at its foot. And the people solemnly entered into the Covenant: all the people answered together and said, "All that the Lord hath spoken we will do." |
