⁵⁰ And when¹ We divided for you the sea, and delivered you, and drowned the house of Pharaoh² — and you were looking on.

⁵¹ And when¹ We appointed for Moses² forty nights; then you took up the calf while he was away;³ and you were wrongdoers.⁴

⁵² Then We pardoned you after that, that you might be grateful.

⁵³ And when¹ We gave Moses the Writ² and the Division,³ that you might be guided.

⁵⁴ And when¹ Moses said to his people: “O my people: you have wronged your souls by your taking up the calf. So turn to your Creator and kill yourselves;² that is best for you in the sight of your Creator.” Then He turned towards you; He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

⁵⁵ And when¹ you said: “O Moses: we will not believe thee until we see God openly”; and the thunderbolt took you — and you were looking on.

⁵⁶ Then We raised you up after your death, that you might be grateful.

⁵⁷ And We caused the cloud to overshadow you; and We sent down upon you manna and quails: “Eat of the good things that We have provided you.” And they wronged Us not, but they wronged their souls.

⁵⁸ And when¹ We said: “Enter this city, and eat freely of it wheresoever you will. And enter the gate in submission,² and say: ‘A mitigation!’³ We will forgive you your offences,⁴ and will increase the doers of good.”

⁵⁹ Then those who did wrong changed the saying¹ to other than what was said to them, so We sent down a scourge from the sky upon those who did wrong because they were perfidious.²

⁶⁰ And when¹ Moses sought water for his people; so We said: “Strike thou with thy staff the rock,” then there gushed therefrom twelve springs; each people knew its drinking-place: “Eat and drink of the provision of God, and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.”

⁶¹ And when¹ you said: “O Moses: we will not endure one food, so call thou to thy Lord for us that He bring forth for us of what the earth grows of its green herbs, and its cucumbers, and its garlic,² and its lentils, and its onions.” He said: “Would you exchange for what is worse what is better? Get you down to Egypt,³ and you will have what you have asked.” And humiliation and wretchedness were pitched upon them; and they incurred wrath from God, for it is that⁴ they denied the proofs⁵ of God! And they killed the prophets without cause,⁶ for it is that⁷ they opposed and they exceeded all bounds!⁸

⁶² (Those who heed warning,¹ and those who hold to Judaism,² and the Christians,³ and the Sabaeans⁴ — whoso believes in God and the Last Day and works righteousness — they have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve.)

⁶³ And when¹ We took your agreement and raised the mount² above you: “Hold fast what We have given you, and remember what is therein, that you might be in prudent fear.”³

⁶⁴ Then you turned away after that; and were it not for the bounty of God upon you and His mercy, you would have been among the losers.

⁶⁵ And you had known those among you who transgressed the Sabbath; and We said to them: “Be despised apes!”

⁶⁶ And We made it an exemplary lesson for their time,¹ and that following it, and an admonition to those of prudent fear.²

⁶⁷ And when¹ Moses said to his people: “God commands you that you sacrifice a heifer,” they said: “Dost thou take us in mockery?” He said: “I seek refuge in God lest I be of the ignorant.”

⁶⁸ They said: “Call thou to thy Lord for us, that He make plain¹ to us what she is.” He said: “He says: ‘She is a heifer neither old nor young, middling between that,’ so do what you are commanded.”

⁶⁹ They said: “Call thou to thy Lord for us that He make plain¹ to us what her hue is.” He said: “He says: ‘She is a yellow heifer; bright is her hue, making glad the beholders.’”

⁷⁰ They said: “Call thou to thy Lord for us that He make plain¹ to us what she is; heifers seem alike to us; and, if God wills, we will be guided.”

⁷¹ He said: “He says: ‘She is a heifer neither broken to plough the earth nor to water the tilth, perfect, no blemish on her.’” They said: “Now hast thou brought the truth.”¹ Then they sacrificed her, but they had hardly done it.

⁷² And when¹ you killed a soul: you disputed about it, but God was to bring forth what you concealed,

⁷³ And We said: “Strike it in some of them.”¹ Thus² gives God life to the dead, and shows His proofs³ to you, that you might use reason.

⁷⁴ Then your hearts became hardened after that; and they are like stones or harder. And among stones is that from which gush forth rivers, and among them are those that split and water issues forth, and among them are those that fall down from fear of God; and God is not unmindful of what you do.

⁷⁵ Do you hope that they will believe you? And a faction among them had heard the word of God, then twisted it after they had understood it, when they knew.¹

⁷⁶ And when they meet those who heed warning,¹ they say: “We believe.” But when they are alone with one another, they say: “Do you recount to them what God has revealed to you, that they might argue against you before your Lord?” Will you then not² use reason!

⁷⁷ Or know they not that God knows what they keep secret and what they make known?

⁷⁸ And among them are those unschooled:¹ they know not the Writ² save vain desires;³ and they are only assuming.

⁷⁹ So woe to those who write the Writ¹ with their hands, then say: “This is from God,” that they might sell it² at a cheap price;³ so woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn.

⁸⁰ And they say: “The Fire will not touch us save days numbered.”¹ Say thou: “Have you taken a covenant with God — for God will not fail in His covenant — or do you ascribe to God what you know not?”

⁸¹ Verily,¹ whoso earns evil,² and his offences³ have encompassed him: those are the companions of the Fire; therein they abide eternally.

⁸² And those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds: those are the companions of the Garden; therein they abide eternally.

⁸³ And when¹ We took an agreement of the children of Israel: “Serve not save God; and towards parents good conduct, and towards kin, and the fatherless,² and the poor; and speak kindly to men; and uphold the duty,³ and render the purity,”⁴ then you turned away save a few among you; and you are averse.

⁸⁴ And when¹ We took your agreement: “Shed not your blood, and turn not your own² out of your homes,” then you affirmed and bore witness;

⁸⁵ Then are you those who kill your own,¹ and turn a faction among you out of their homes, assisting one another against them in sin² and enmity; and if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, but unlawful for you was their expulsion. Do you believe in³ part of the Writ⁴ and deny part? Then what is the reward of him among you who does that save disgrace in the life of this world? And on the Day of Resurrection they are sent back to the harshest punishment; and God is not unmindful of what you do.

⁸⁶ Those are they who bought the life of this world at the price of the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be helped.

⁸⁷ And We gave Moses the Writ,¹ and sent the messengers after him. And We gave Jesus,² son of Mary³ the clear signs, and strengthened him with the Spirit of Holiness. Is it not that whenever there came to you a messenger with what your souls desired not you waxed proud, and a faction⁴ you denied and a faction you killed?

⁸⁸ And they say: “Our hearts are covered.” Nay,¹ God has cursed them for their denial, so little is it they believe.

⁸⁹ And when there came to them a Writ¹ from God, confirming what was with them — and they before sought victory² over those who ignore warning³ — then when there came to them what they recognised, they denied it; but the curse of God is upon the false claimers of guidance.⁴

⁹⁰ Evil is that for which they sold themselves, denying what God sent down, through sectarian zealotry,¹ that God should send down of His bounty upon whom He wills of His servants. So they incurred wrath upon wrath; and for the false claimers of guidance² is a humiliating punishment.

⁹¹ And when it is said to them: “Believe in¹ what God has sent down,” they say: “We believe in² what was sent down to us,” and they deny what is beyond it, when it is the truth³ confirming what is with them. Say thou: “Why then killed you the prophets of God before, if you be believers?”⁴

⁹² And Moses came to you with clear signs; then you took up the calf while he was away,¹ and you were wrongdoers.²

⁹³ And when¹ We took your agreement and raised the mount² above you: “Hold fast what We give you, and listen,” they said: “We hear and we oppose”; and they were filled with drinking the calf in their hearts for their denial. Say thou: “Evil is what your faith enjoins upon you, if you be believers.”³

⁹⁴ Say thou: “If the abode of the Hereafter with God be for you to the exclusion of other¹ men, then wish for death, if you be truthful.”²

⁹⁵ But never will they wish for it because of what their hands have sent ahead; and God knows the wrongdoers.¹

⁹⁶ And thou wilt find them the greediest of men for life. And of those¹ who ascribe a partnership:² one of them wishes to be granted life of a thousand years, but it will not remove him from the punishment were he to be granted life; and God sees what they do.

⁹⁷ (Say thou: “Whoso is an enemy to Gabriel:”¹ — and he it is that brought it down upon thy heart, by the leave of God, confirming what was before it,² and as guidance and glad tidings for the believers³ —

⁹⁸ “Whoso is an enemy to God and His angels and His messengers, and Gabriel and Michael:¹ God is an enemy to the false claimers of guidance.”²

⁹⁹ And We have sent down to thee clear proofs,¹ and none deny them save the perfidious.²)