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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 2:55 | |
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| 2:55 واذ قلتم ياموسى لن نؤمن لك حتى نرى الله جهرة فاخذتكم الصاعقة وانتم تنظرون | |
| Transliteration | Wa-ith qultum ya moosa lan nu/mina laka hatta nara Allaha jahratan faakhathatkumu alssaAAiqatu waantum tanthuroona |
| Literal | And when you said: "You, Moses, we will never believe to you until we see God openly , so the death/cry of torture took/punished you, and you are looking/watching . |
| Yusuf Ali | And remember ye said: "O Moses! We shall never believe in thee until we see Allah manifestly," but ye were dazed with thunder and lighting even as ye looked on. |
| Pickthal | And when ye said: O Moses! We will not believe in thee till we see Allah plainly; and even while ye gazed the lightning seized you. |
| Arberry | And when you said, 'Moses, we will not believe thee till we see God openly'; and the thunderbolt took you while you were beholding. |
| Shakir | And when you said: O Musa! we will not believe in you until we see Allah manifestly, so the punishment overtook you while you looked on. |
| Sarwar | When you argued with Moses, saying that you were not going to believe him unless you could see God with your own eyes, the swift wind struck you and you could do nothing but watch. |
| Khalifa | Recall that you said, "O Moses, we will not believe unless we see GOD, physically." Consequently, the lightning struck you, as you looked. |
| Hilali/Khan | And (remember) when you said: "O Moosa (Moses)! We shall never believe in you till we see Allah plainly." But you were seized with a thunderbolt (lightning) while you were looking. |
| H/K/Saheeh | 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. |
| Malik | Remember when you said: "O Moses! We shall never believe you until we see Allah with our own eyes," a thunderbolt struck you while you were looking on and you fell dead.[55] |
| QXP | And recall when you told Moses, " We won't believe in you until we see Allah face to face." (This happened because you had programmed your minds into the primitive ways of the "age of worship" when humans could only appreciate the tangible. At that level of intellect, humans come to fear natural phenomena). Thus, when you saw the lightening thunder (and the challenges of life) you almost fell dead in fright. (Losing your reason (7:155)). |
| Maulana Ali | And when you said: O Moses, we will not believe in thee till we see Allah manifestly, so the punishment overtook you while you looked on. |
| Free Minds | And you said: "O Moses, we will not believe you until we see God openly!" So the lightning bolt took you while you were still staring. |
| Qaribullah | And when you said to Moses: 'We will not believe in you until we see Allah openly, ' a thunderbolt struck you whilst you were looking. |
| George Sale | And when ye said, O Moses, we will not believe thee, untill we see God manifestly; therefore a punishment came upon you, while ye looked on; |
| JM Rodwell | And when ye said, "O Moses! we will not believe thee until we see God plainly;" the thunderbolt fell upon you while ye were looking on: |
| Asad | And [remember] when you said, "O Moses. indeed we shall not believe thee unto we see God face to face!" - whereupon the thunderbolt of punishment overtook you before your very eyes. |
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