Category Archives: Blogs – Quran

“And [recall] when We said, “Enter this city and eat from it wherever you will in [ease and] abundance, and enter the gate bowing humbly and say, ‘Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins].’ We will [then] forgive your sins for you, and We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]. ButContinue reading “PodQuran: Chapter 2 – Al Baqarah, Verses 58-59”

“And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you 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.” Allah, the Exalted, continues to remind the people of the book the many blessings He bestowed onContinue reading “PodQuran: Chapter 2 – Al Baqarah, Verse 57”

““And [recall] when you said, “O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allah outright”; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on. Then We revived you after your death that perhaps you would be grateful.” These verses reflect the pride that some of the children of Israel possessed. As theyContinue reading “PodQuran: Chapter 2 – Al Baqarah, Verses 55-56”

“And [recall] when Moses said to his people, “O my people, indeed you have wronged yourselves by your taking of the calf [for worship]. So repent to your Maker and kill yourselves [i.e., the guilty among you]. That is best for [all of] you in the sight of your Maker.” Then He accepted your repentance;Continue reading “PodQuran: Chapter 2 – Al Baqarah, Verse 54”

“And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided.” Allah, the Exalted, reminded the people of the book of the great favor He bestowed on their ancestors and by extension, to them also in the form of the Torah. The scripture included the laws and regulations which Allah,Continue reading “PodQuran: Chapter 2 – Al Baqarah, Verse 53”

“And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [his departure], while you were wrongdoers. Then We forgave you after that so perhaps you would be grateful.” Allah, the Exalted, arranged a private conversation with the Holy Prophet Musa, peace be upon him,Continue reading “PodQuran: Chapter 2 – Al Baqarah, Verses 51-52”

“And [recall] when We saved you [your forefathers] from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment, slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord. And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the peopleContinue reading “PodQuran: Chapter 2 – Al Baqarah, Verses 49-50”

“O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds [peoples]. And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided.”Continue reading “PodQuran: Chapter 2 – Al Baqarah, Verses 47-48”

“O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and fulfill My covenant [upon you] that I will fulfill your covenant [from Me], and be afraid of [only] Me. And believe in what I have sent down confirming that which is [already] with you [people of the book], and be notContinue reading “PodQuran: Chapter 2 – Al Baqarah, Verses 40-46”

“And We said, “O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers.” But Satan caused them to slip out of it [Paradise] and removed them from that [condition] in which they hadContinue reading “PodQuran: Chapter 2 – Al Baqarah, Verses 35-39”