سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 55
وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ ﴿55﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) when you said: "O Mûsâ (Moses)! We shall never believe in you until we see Allâh plainly." But you were seized with a thunder-bolt (lightning) while you were looking.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قُلْتُمْ
qul'tum
you said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰ
yāmūsā
O Musa
لَن
lan
Never
نُّؤْمِنَ
nu'mina
(will) we believe
لَكَ
laka
in you
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
نَرَى
narā
we see
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
جَهْرَةًۭ
jahratan
manifestly
فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ
fa-akhadhatkumu
So seized you
ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ
l-ṣāʿiqatu
the thunderbolt
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
تَنظُرُونَ
tanẓurūna
(were) looking
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
55. 1. Hazrat Musa (Moses) ؑ took seventy (70) men to Mount Tur for receiving the Torah. When Hazrat Musa ؑ was about to return, they said that unless we see Allah Almighty before us, we are not ready to believe in your word. Upon this, as a reprimand, lightning struck them and they died. Hazrat Musa ؑ became extremely distressed and prayed for their lives, upon which Allah Almighty revived them. The meaning of witnessing the lightning strike is that those upon whom the lightning initially struck were being seen by the latter ones, until all of them passed into the embrace of death.
