Surah Baqarah ayat 53 Tafsir Quran 2:53

﴿وَإِذْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَالْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ﴾
[ البقرة: 53]

2:53 And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided.

And when We gave to Moses the Scripture the Torah and the Criterion wa’l-furqān is an explicative supplement of Torah that is the one that discriminates faraqa between truth and falsehood and between what is licit and illicit so that you might be guided by it away from error.

We gave Mussa the Book, the canon, illuminating the intellect and imparting the soundness of judgement in the choice of what is morally good, honest and straightforward, so that you may hopefully be guided into all truth

The Children of Israel worshipped the Calf Allah then said, "Remember My favor on you when I forgave you for worshipping the calf." This happened after Musa went to the meeting place with his Lord at the end of that period which was forty days.
These forty days were mentioned in Surat Al-A`raf, when Allah said, وَوَعَدْنَا مُوسَى ثَلَـثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ ( And We appointed for Musa thirty nights and added (to the period ) ten ( more )) ( 7:142 ). It was said that these days were during the month of Dhul-Qa`dah plus the first ten days in Dhul-Hijjah, after the Children of Israel were delivered from Fir`awn and they safely crossed the sea.
Allah's statement, وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَـبَ ( And (remember ) when We gave Musa the Scripture) means, the Tawrah, وَالْفُرْقَانِ ( And the criterion ) that is that which differentiates between truth and falsehood, guidance and deviation. لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ( So that you may be guided aright ), after escaping the sea, as another Ayah in Surat Al-A`raf clearly stated, وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَـبَ مِن بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الاٍّولَى بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ( And indeed We gave Musa ـ after We had destroyed the generations of old ـ the Scripture (the Tawrah ) as an enlightenment for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that they might remember ( or receive admonition )) ( 28:43 ).

(2:53) Remember that (at that very time, when you were committing this gross iniquity) We gave Moses the Book and the criterion of right and wrong *69 so that you might be guided aright.

And [recall] when We gave Moses the meaning

*69).
'Criterion' here means that understanding of religion which differentiates truth from falsehood, making each stand out distinctly.

 

The Children of Israel worshipped the Calf Allah then said, "Remember My favor on you when I forgave you for worshipping the calf." This happened after Musa went to the meeting place with his Lord at the end of that period which was forty days.
These forty days were mentioned in Surat Al-A`raf, when Allah said, وَوَعَدْنَا مُوسَى ثَلَـثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ ( And We appointed for Musa thirty nights and added (to the period ) ten ( more )) ( 7:142 ). It was said that these days were during the month of Dhul-Qa`dah plus the first ten days in Dhul-Hijjah, after the Children of Israel were delivered from Fir`awn and they safely crossed the sea.
Allah's statement, وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَـبَ ( And (remember ) when We gave Musa the Scripture) means, the Tawrah, وَالْفُرْقَانِ ( And the criterion ) that is that which differentiates between truth and falsehood, guidance and deviation. لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ( So that you may be guided aright ), after escaping the sea, as another Ayah in Surat Al-A`raf clearly stated, وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَـبَ مِن بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الاٍّولَى بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ( And indeed We gave Musa ـ after We had destroyed the generations of old ـ the Scripture (the Tawrah ) as an enlightenment for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that they might remember ( or receive admonition )) ( 28:43 ).

( And when We gave unto Moses the Scripture ), the Torah, ( and the Criterion ) i.e. We showed in it the lawful and the unlawful, the commands and the prohibitions, as well as other things; it is also said that this means: triumph over Pharaoh, ( that you might be led rightfully ) guided to avoid error.

And (remember) when We gave Musa (Moses) the Scripture [the Taurat (Torah)] and the criterion (of right and wrong) so that you may be guided aright.

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