Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 52
| ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | thumma cafawnaa can -kum min bacdi dhaalika lacalla -kum tashkuron |
| Pickthall | : | Then, even after that, We pardoned you in order that ye might give thanks. |
| Asad | : | yet, even after that, We blotted out this your sin, so that you might have cause to be grateful.37 |
| Malik | : | Even then We forgave you, so that you might become grateful. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Even then We did forgive you; there was a chance for you to be grateful. 67 |
Note - 37The story of the golden calf is dealt with at greater
length in 7:148 ff. and 20:85 ff. Regarding the
crossing of the Red Sea, to which verse {50} above
alludes, see {20:77-78} and {26:63-66}, as well as the
corresponding notes. The forty nights (and days) which
Moses spent on Mount Sinai are mentioned again in
7:142.
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Note - 67Moses prayed for his people, and God forgave them. This
is the language of the Qur-an. The Old Testament version
is rougher: "The Lord reprented of the evil which He
thought to do unto His people": Exod. xxxii. 14. The
Muslim position has always been that the Jewish (and
Christian) scriptures as they stand cannot be traced
direct to Moses or Jesus, but are later compilations.
Modern scholarship and Higher Criticism has left no doubt
on the subject. But the stories in these traditional
books may be used in an appeal to those who use them:
only they should be spiritualized, as they are here, and
especially in ii. 5 below.
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The story of the golden calf is dealt with at greater length in 7:148 ff. and 20:85 ff. Regarding the crossing of the Red Sea, to which verse {50} above alludes, see {20:77-78} and {26:63-66}, as well as the corresponding notes. The forty nights (and days) which Moses spent on Mount Sinai are mentioned again in 7:142. |
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Moses prayed for his people, and God forgave them. This is the language of the Qur-an. The Old Testament version is rougher: "The Lord reprented of the evil which He thought to do unto His people": Exod. xxxii. 14. The Muslim position has always been that the Jewish (and Christian) scriptures as they stand cannot be traced direct to Moses or Jesus, but are later compilations. Modern scholarship and Higher Criticism has left no doubt on the subject. But the stories in these traditional books may be used in an appeal to those who use them: only they should be spiritualized, as they are here, and especially in ii. 5 below. |
