Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:53

2:53

وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

wa-idh ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba wal-fur'qāna laʿallakum tahtadūna

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

— Saheeh International

Remember when We gave Moses the Scripture, and the means to distinguish [right and wrong], so that you might be guided.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
مُوسَىmūsāMusa
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
وَٱلْفُرْقَانَwal-fur'qānaand the Criterion
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumperhaps you
تَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna(would be) guided