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وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمُ And We divided them ٱثْنَتَىْ (into) two عَشْرَةَ (and) ten [i.e. twelve] أَسْبَاطًا tribes أُمَمًۭا ۚ (as) communities وَأَوْحَيْنَآ And We inspired إِلَىٰ to مُوسَىٰٓ Musa إِذِ when ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُ asked him for water قَوْمُهُۥٓ his people أَنِ [that] ٱضْرِب Strike بِّعَصَاكَ with your staff ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ the stone فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْ Then gushed forth مِنْهُ from it ٱثْنَتَا two عَشْرَةَ (and) ten [i.e. twelve] عَيْنًۭا ۖ springs قَدْ Certainly عَلِمَ knew كُلُّ each أُنَاسٍۢ people مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۚ their drinking place وَظَلَّلْنَا And We shaded عَلَيْهِمُ [on] them ٱلْغَمَـٰمَ (with) the clouds وَأَنزَلْنَا and We sent down عَلَيْهِمُ upon them ٱلْمَنَّ the manna وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ and the quails كُلُوا۟ Eat مِن from طَيِّبَـٰتِ (the) good things مَا which رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ ۚ We have provided you وَمَا And not ظَلَمُونَا they wronged Us وَلَـٰكِن but كَانُوٓا۟ they were أَنفُسَهُمْ (to) themselves يَظْلِمُونَ doing wrong ١٦٠

And We divided them into twelve descendant tribes [as distinct] nations. And We inspired to Moses when his people implored him for water, "Strike with your staff the stone," and there gushed forth from it twelve springs. Every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent down upon them manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not, but they were [only] wronging themselves.

— Come To Light

وَإِذْ And when قِيلَ it was said لَهُمُ to them ٱسْكُنُوا۟ Live هَـٰذِهِ (in) this ٱلْقَرْيَةَ city وَكُلُوا۟ and eat مِنْهَا from it حَيْثُ wherever شِئْتُمْ you wish وَقُولُوا۟ and say حِطَّةٌۭ Repentance وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ and enter ٱلْبَابَ the gate سُجَّدًۭا prostrating نَّغْفِرْ We will forgive لَكُمْ for you خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْ ۚ your sins سَنَزِيدُ We will increase (reward) ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ (of) the good-doers ١٦١

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins],' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."

— Come To Light

فَبَدَّلَ But changed ٱلَّذِينَ those who ظَلَمُوا۟ wronged مِنْهُمْ among them قَوْلًا word غَيْرَ other than ٱلَّذِى (that) which قِيلَ was said لَهُمْ to them فَأَرْسَلْنَا So We sent عَلَيْهِمْ upon them رِجْزًۭا torment مِّنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ the sky بِمَا because كَانُوا۟ they were يَظْلِمُونَ doing wrong ١٦٢

But those who wronged among them changed [the words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them. So We sent upon them a punishment from the sky for the wrong that they were doing.

— Come To Light

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ And ask them عَنِ about ٱلْقَرْيَةِ the town ٱلَّتِى which كَانَتْ was حَاضِرَةَ situated ٱلْبَحْرِ (by) the sea إِذْ when يَعْدُونَ they transgressed فِى in ٱلسَّبْتِ the (matter of) Sabbath إِذْ when تَأْتِيهِمْ came to them حِيتَانُهُمْ their fish يَوْمَ (on the) day سَبْتِهِمْ (of) their Sabbath شُرَّعًۭا visibly وَيَوْمَ and (on the) day لَا not يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ they had Sabbath لَا (they did) not تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚ come to them كَذَٰلِكَ Thus نَبْلُوهُم We test them بِمَا because كَانُوا۟ they were يَفْسُقُونَ defiantly disobeying ١٦٣

And ask them about the town that was by the sea - when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.

— Come To Light

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