Quran 2:68

Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 68

Verse 68 of 286 in Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة), chapter 2 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌ عَوَانٌۢ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ فَٱفْعَلُوا۟ مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ

EnglishSaheeh International
They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[Allāh] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are commanded."
TamilJan Trust Foundation
"அது எத்தகையது என்பதை எங்களுக்கு விளக்கும்படி உம் இறைவனிடம் எங்களுக்காக வேண்டுவீராக!" என்றார்கள். "அப்பசு மாடு அதிகக் கிழடுமல்ல, கன்றுமல்ல, அவ்விரண்டிற்கும் இடைப்பட்டதாகும். எனவே 'உங்களுக்கு இடப்பட்ட கட்டளையை நிறைவேற்றுங்கள்' என்று அவன் (அல்லாஹ்) கூறுவதாக" (மூஸா) கூறினார்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
"එය කවරක් දැ? යි අපට පැහැදිලි කරන මෙන් නුඹගේ පරමාධිපතිගෙන් අප වෙනුවෙන් අයැද සිටින්නැ" යි ඔවුහු පැවසූහ. "නියත වශයෙන් ම ඔහු (පරමාධිපති) සැබවින් ම එය (වයසින්) මුහුකුරා නො ගිය ළපටි ද නො වූ ඒ අතර මැදිවියේ පසු වන එළදෙනකි" යැයි නිසකව ම ඔහු පවසයි. "එබැවින් නුඹලා අණ කරනු ලබන දෑ සිදු කරනු" යැයි ඔහු (මූසා) පැවසී ය.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
انہوں نے کہا اے موسیٰ! دعا کیجیئے کہ اللہ تعالیٰ ہمارے لئے اس کی ماہیت بیان کردے، آپ نے فرمایا سنو! وه گائے نہ تو بالکل بڑھیا ہو، نہ بچہ، بلکہ درمیانی عمر کی نوجوان ہو، اب جو تمہیں حکم دیا گیا ہے بجا لاؤ۔
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
かれらは言った。「あなたの主に御願いして,それがどんな(牛)か,わたしたちにはっきりさせて下さい。」かれは言った。「かれは仰せられる,その雌牛は老い過ぎずまた若過ぎない。その間の程良い(雌牛)である。さああなたがたが命じられたことを実行しなさい。」
ChineseMa Jian
他们说:请你替我们请求你的主为我们说明那头牛的情状。他说:我的主说:那头牛确是不老不少,年龄适中的。你们遵命而行吧!

Tafsir of 2:68

The Stubbornness of the Jews regarding the Cow; Allah made the Matter difficult for Them Allah mentioned the stubbornness of the Children of Israel and the many unnecessary questions they asked their Messengers. This is why when they were stubborn, Allah made the decisions difficult for them. Had they slaughtered a cow, any cow, it would have been sufficient for them, as Ibn `Abbas and `Ubaydah have said. Instead, they made the matter difficult, and this is why Allah made it even more difficult for them. They said, ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنَ لَّنَا مَا هِىَ (Call upon your Lord for us that He may make plain to us what it is!), meaning, "What is this cow and what is its description" Musa said, إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لاَّ فَارِضٌ وَلاَ بِكْرٌ (He says, `Verily, it is a cow neither too old nor too young'), meaning, that it is neither old nor below the age of breeding. This is the opinion of Abu Al-`Aliyah, As-Suddi, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, `Atiyah Al-`Awfi, `Ata', Al-Khurasani, Wahb bin Munabbih, Ad-Dahhak, Al-Hasan, Qatadah and Ibn `Abbas.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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Quran 2:68 — Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 68