Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:55

2:55

وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

wa-idh qul'tum yāmūsā lan nu'mina laka ḥattā narā l-laha jahratan fa-akhadhatkumu l-ṣāʿiqatu wa-antum tanẓurūna

And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allāh outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.

— Saheeh International

Remember when you said, ‘Moses, we will not believe you until we see God face to face.’ At that, thunderbolts struck you as you looked on.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when you said: "O Mûsâ (Moses)! We shall never believe in you until we see Allâh plainly." But you were seized with a thunder-bolt (lightning) while you were looking.

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

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وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قُلْتُمْqul'tumyou said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa
لَنlanNever
نُّؤْمِنَnu'mina(will) we believe
لَكَlakain you
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
نَرَىnarāwe see
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
جَهْرَةًۭjahratanmanifestly
فَأَخَذَتْكُمُfa-akhadhatkumuSo seized you
ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُl-ṣāʿiqatuthe thunderbolt
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūna(were) looking