Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 63·Madanī

63

وَإِذْ مَآ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ ﴿٦٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah] and We raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous."

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

علت قرار دادن کوه در بالای سر بنی‌اسرائیل

هدف از قرار دادن کوه در بالای سر بنی‌اسرائیل» ترساندن آنها از قدرت عظیم الهی و دعوت آنها به عمل به دستورهای خداوند بوده است. در این دعوت البته اکراه و اجباری نبوده و هدف از آَنْ» نشان دادن قدرت عظیم الهی به آنها بوده است؛ چرا که اگر قرار دادن کوه در بالای سر بنیاسرائیل موجب اکراه و اجبار می‌شدء می‌بایست بیشتر معجزات حضرت موسی(ع) موجب اکراه و اجبار مردم به دین‌داری می‌گردید؛ در حالی که قرآن می‌فرماید که آنها پس از دیدن آن همه معجزات شگفت‌انگیزء باز هم ایمان نیاوردند؛ چنان که در یه بعد می‌فرماید: «آنها پس از این واقعه نیز باز روی‌گردان شدند.» برای اطلاع بیشتر ر.ک. به: توضیح أَیةُ ۱۷۱ سور اعراف. ۵. برای اطلاع از «اصحاب سبت» ر.ک. به: توضیح أَیةٌ ۱۶۵ سورةٌ اعراف. > **پانوشت صفحه (منابع):** > ۱- منشور جاویدء ج۰۳ ص ۲۱۷ > ۱- منشور جاویده ج۳» ص ۲۱۷ ۳ اقتباس از المیزان» ج ۰۱ ص ۱۹۷ و اطیب‌البیان» ج ۰۲ ص ۵۰ > **Cited sources** (grade before any load-bearing use): al-Mīzān, Aṭyab al-Bayān.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 9 roots in 10 of 15 words

Recitation · 20 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

15 words · 69 letters · āyah 63 of 286

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 2:93 · Al-Baqaravery close

    وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and…

  • Quran 7:171 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

    And [mention] when We raised the mountain above them as if it was a dark cloud and they were certain that it would fall upon them, [and Allah said], "Take what We have given you…

  • Quran 4:154 · An-Nisaavery close

    وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا۟ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًا

    And We raised over them the mount for [refusal of] their covenant; and We said to them, "Enter the gate bowing humbly", and We said to them, "Do not transgress on the sabbath"…

  • Quran 2:83 · Al-Baqaravery close

    وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ لَا تَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا وَذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَقُولُوا۟ لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنكُمْ وَأَنتُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

    And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not worship except Allah; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the…

  • Quran 20:80 · Taa-Haavery close

    يَٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ قَدْ أَنجَيْنَٰكُم مِّنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوَٰعَدْنَٰكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنَ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ

    O Children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and We made an appointment with you at the right side of the mount, and We sent down to you manna and quails,

  • Quran 2:40 · Al-Baqaraclose

    يَٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتِىَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِعَهْدِىٓ أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّٰىَ فَٱرْهَبُونِ

    O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and fulfill My covenant [upon you] that I will fulfill your covenant [from Me], and be afraid of [only] Me.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Baqara 2:935 shared roots

    وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    ط-و-رر-ف-عو-ث-قق-و-يف-و-ق

  • Al-Baqara 2:935 shared roots

    وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    ط-و-رر-ف-عو-ث-قق-و-يف-و-ق

  • An-Nisaa 4:1545 shared roots

    وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا۟ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًا

    ط-و-رر-ف-عو-ث-قف-و-قأ-خ-ذ

  • Ash-Sharh 94:42 shared roots

    وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

    ر-ف-عذ-ك-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1715 shared roots

    وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

    ق-و-يف-و-قو-ق-يأ-خ-ذذ-ك-ر

  • Al-Hadid 57:82 shared roots

    وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِرَبِّكُمْ وَقَدْ أَخَذَ مِيثَٰقَكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    و-ث-قأ-خ-ذ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:63?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:63 include Quran 2:93 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 7:171 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 4:154 (Surah An-Nisaa), and Quran 2:83 (Surah Al-Baqara). For example, 2:93 reads: “And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 2:63 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:63 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah] and We raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous."”

Which surah is verse 2:63 in?

Quran 2:63 is āyah 63 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 2:63?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 2:63 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:63?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:63 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.