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Al-Baqarah · 2:63

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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Grammar, phrase by phrase

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ

(And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah])

Root اخذ — to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable · 273 times in the Quran

Root وثق — to bind, covenant, treaty, trustworthy · 34 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

وَإِذْword 1

Resumptive Particle · حرف استئنافA resumptive particle is a وَ or فَ that begins a fresh statement after a pause or a shift of topic — it starts the speech anew rather than adding one more item to a list. The prefix وَ · 'and' at the front of وَإِذْ opens such a fresh start. L14 · R1

Time Adverb · ظرف زمانA time adverb is a naming word that anchors a sentence to the time its action happens. إِذْ means 'when — back then', pointing to a moment already past. L16 · R9

أَخَذْنَاword 2

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. أَخَذْ speaks of an action already carried out: 'We took', from the root اخذ: to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed — and it shows who by a small ending fastened to the verb's tail. On أَخَذْنَا that ending is نَا, telling exactly who is meant: 'We took', from the root اخذ: to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable. L8 · R2

Hamzated Verb · فعل مهموزA hamzated verb has a hamza (ء) as one of its root letters. The root اخذ carries it as the first letter, and in أَخَذْنَا that hamza sits in plain view on its alif seat: the opening أَ. L24 · R11

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'I / you / he' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. نَا · 'us/our' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — أَخَذْنَا — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6

Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, standing in the nominative — the doer's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending نَا is that doer, 'We'; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L9 · R4

مِيثَـٰقَكُمْword 3

Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. مِيثَٰقَ names such a thing: 'your covenant', from the root وثق: to bind, covenant, treaty, trustworthy. L1 · R6

Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every noun — every naming word — as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ carries no feminine marker — no ة at its end, no final ى, no اء — so it takes the default and is treated as 'he': a masculine noun. L2 · R3

Accusative · منصوبThe accusative is the ending a naming word takes when the action lands on it, shown by a fathah ـَ — a small slanted stroke above the letter. مِيثَٰقَ ends in that fathah ـَ on its ق. L2 · R11

Direct Object · مفعول بهThe direct object is the thing the action lands on, standing in the accusative — the landed-on form, here the fathah ـَ above the ق. The covenant is what the taking landed on: We took YOUR COVENANT. L9 · R3

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of another word. The ending كُمْ on مِيثَٰقَكُمْ is such a suffix, standing for 'your': YOUR covenant. L3 · R6

Possessive (Idafa) · مضاف إليهA possessive (iḍāfah) chains two naming words into an 'of' phrase, and the owner comes second, taking the genitive — the owner's ending, usually a kasrah ـِ, a small stroke below the last letter. The ending كُمْ fills that owner slot: 'the covenant OF you'; a pronoun keeps one fixed written shape, so the genitive is the role it fills. L5 · R5

Significance — from the tafsir

Allah reminded the Children of Israel of the pledges, covenants and promises that He took from them to believe in Him alone, without a partner, and follow His Messengers.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:63

وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ

(…and We raised over you the mount, [saying],)

Root رفع — to raise, hoist · 29 times in the Quran

Root فوق — over, above · 43 times in the Quran

Root طور — mountain (especially Mount Sinai/Tur), to progress in stages · 11 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

وَرَفَعْنَاword 4

Conjunction · حرف عطفThe prefix وَ at the front of وَرَفَعْنَا is a conjunction — a small joining word meaning 'and' — linking what follows to what came before; the word it joins in must stand in the same grammatical case as its partner before the joint — the same role in the sentence, even when the two words write that case with different endings. L4 · R4

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. رَفَعْ speaks of an action already carried out: 'and We raised', from the root رفع: to raise, hoist. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed — and it shows who by a small ending fastened to the verb's tail. On وَرَفَعْنَا that ending is نَا, telling exactly who is meant: 'and We raised', from the root رفع: to raise, hoist. L8 · R2

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'I / you / he' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. نَا · 'us/our' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — وَرَفَعْنَا — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6

Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, standing in the nominative — the doer's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending نَا is that doer, 'We'; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L9 · R4

فَوْقَكُمُword 5

Accusative · منصوبThe accusative is an ending shown by a fathah ـَ — a small slanted stroke above the letter. فَوْقَ ends in exactly that fathah ـَ — the fixed ending this where-word always wears. L2 · R11

Place Adverb · ظرف مكانA place adverb is a naming word, fixed in the accusative with its fathah ـَ — a small stroke above the last letter — that tells where the action happens. فَوْقَ 'above' is one of the high-frequency ones, chained to the word after it: raised 'ABOVE you'. L26 · R2

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of another word. The ending كُمُ on فَوْقَكُمُ is such a suffix, standing for 'you all'. L3 · R6

Possessive (Idafa) · مضاف إليهA possessive (iḍāfah) chains two naming words into an 'of' phrase, and the owner comes second, taking the genitive — the owner's ending, usually a kasrah ـِ, a small stroke below the last letter. The ending كُمُ fills that owner slot after the where-word فَوْقَ: 'above OF you' — over you; a pronoun keeps one fixed written shape, so the genitive is the role it fills. L5 · R5

ٱلطُّورَword 6

Definite Article · أل التعريفThe definite article is the prefix ٱل at the front of a noun (a naming word); it means 'the' — one specific, known one. Because the next letter, ط, is one of the fourteen 'sun-letters' — letters made in the same part of the mouth as ل itself, which swallow the ل of ٱل so it is written but not heard — the ل of the prefix melts into it and doubles it, shown by the shaddah ـّ — a small w-shaped doubling mark written above the letter: ٱلطُّورَ. L2 · R9

Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. طُّورَ names such a thing: 'the mount', from the root طور: mountain (especially Mount Sinai/Tur), to progress in stages. L1 · R6

Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every noun — every naming word — as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. ٱلطُّورَ carries no feminine marker — no ة at its end, no final ى, no اء — so it takes the default and is treated as 'he': a masculine noun. L2 · R3

Accusative · منصوبThe accusative is the ending a naming word takes when the action lands on it, shown by a fathah ـَ — a small slanted stroke above the letter. طُّورَ ends in that fathah ـَ on its ر. L2 · R11

Direct Object · مفعول بهThe direct object is the thing the action lands on, standing in the accusative — the landed-on form, here the fathah ـَ above the ر. The mount is what the raising landed on: We raised THE MOUNT over you. L9 · R3

Significance — from the tafsir

When He took their pledge, Allah raised the mountain above their heads so that they would affirm the pledge they gave and abide by it with sincerity and seriousness; Ibn 'Abbas said, "When they refused to obey, Allah raised the mountain above their heads so that they would listen."

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:63

خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍۢ

(…"Take what We have given you with determination)

Root اخذ — to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable · 273 times in the Quran

Root اتي — to come, bring, give · 549 times in the Quran

Root قوي — to be or become strong, powerful, vigorous, forceful · 42 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

خُذُوا۟word 7

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. خُذُ is a command: 'Hold', from the root اخذ: to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable. L1 · R7

Imperative Verb · فعل أمرAn imperative verb is a direct command addressed to 'you', formed from the present-tense verb by removing its opening prefix. خُذُوا۟ is that command shape aimed at a group — its ending وا۟ points the order at 'you all': take hold! L10 · R1

Hamzated Verb · فعل مهموزA hamzated verb has a hamza (ء) as one of its root letters, and in the command shape that hamza may be cut away — كُلْ 'Eat!' from أَكَلَ is the classic case. خُذُوا۟ is exactly that trimmed command of أَخَذَ: the root's opening hamza is gone, leaving only خ and ذ on the page. L24 · R12

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'I / you / he' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. وا۟ · 'you all/your' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — خُذُوا۟ — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6

Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, standing in the nominative — the doer's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending وا۟ is that doer, 'you all' — the ones commanded to hold fast; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L9 · R4

مَآword 8

Relative Pronoun · اسم موصولA relative pronoun is a word that hooks a whole describing sentence onto its meaning. مَآ · 'what' is the relative word Arabic uses for non-human things — 'what' or 'that which' — one fixed shape for any gender and any number: its ending never changes to show its job in the sentence. L5 · R13

Direct Object · مفعول بهThe direct object is the thing the action lands on, standing in the accusative — the landed-on form, usually a fathah ـَ, a small slanted stroke above the last letter. 'What We have given you' is what the taking must land on; مَآ keeps one fixed written shape, so no fathah appears — the accusative is the role it fills. L9 · R3

ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُمword 9

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. ءَاتَيْ speaks of an action already carried out: 'We have given you', from the root اتي: to come, bring, give. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed — and it shows who by a small ending fastened to the verb's tail. On ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم that ending is نَٰ, telling exactly who is meant: 'We have given you', from the root اتي: to come, bring, give. L8 · R2

Weak Verb · فعل معتلA weak verb is a verb that carries و or ي — the 'weak' letters, which love to soften into long vowels or vanish — among its root letters. The root of ءَاتَيْ is اتي: to come, bring, give — and its last letter is the weak ي, so the weakness sits at the very end of the root. L24 · R7

Hamzated Verb · فعل مهموزA hamzated verb has a hamza (ء) as one of its root letters. The root اتي carries it as the first letter, and it opens the word inside the long ءَا of ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم. L24 · R11

Form IV Verb · أَفْعَلَA Form IV verb is a verb stamped into the pattern that adds a hamza to the front of its three root letters — the way سَلِمَ 'was safe' becomes أَسْلَمَ 'submitted' — often giving the sense of making or causing the action. ءَاتَيْ carries that added hamza at its front: 'We have given you', from the root اتي: to come, bring, give. L12 · R5

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'I / you / he' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. نَٰ · 'us/our' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6

Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, standing in the nominative — the doer's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending نَٰ is that doer, 'We' — the Giver; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L9 · R4

Direct Object · مفعول بهThe direct object is the one the action lands on, and when it is a pronoun it attaches to the end of the verb as a suffix — like the كُمْ in خَلَقَكُمْ 'He created you'. The closing كُم of ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم is that object, 'you all', in the accusative role — the landed-on form, usually a fathah ـَ, a small stroke above the letter — though a pronoun keeps one fixed written shape. L9 · R5

بِقُوَّةٍۢword 10

Preposition · حرف جرThe small prefix بِ at the front of بِقُوَّةٍۢ is a preposition — a little helper word meaning 'in/with' that relates one thing to another. A preposition 'pulls' the word that follows it into the genitive relationship — the 'of / in / with' role a word plays after such a little helper — though not every word shows that role with the same visible ending. L4 · R1

Noun · اسمA word that ends with the tā marbūtah ة is a noun, a naming word. قُوَّةٍ names strength, from the root قوي — to be or become strong, powerful, vigorous, forceful. L1 · R3

Feminine Noun · اسم مؤنثA feminine noun is a naming word Arabic treats as grammatically 'she', most often marked by a ة — the round 'tied tā' — at its end. قُوَّةٍ carries exactly that round ة at its end, so it is treated as feminine: 'with strength'. L2 · R1

Indefinite Noun · نكرةAn indefinite noun means 'a' or 'any' one of something — no particular one — and it never wears the definite article ال ('the'); instead it shows this with tanwīn, a doubled end-vowel mark. قُوَّةٍ carries the tanwīn ـٍ — the kasrah ـِ doubled — marking it as unspecified: 'with strength'. L2 · R8

Genitive · مجرورThe genitive is the ending a naming word takes after a preposition, shown by a kasrah ـِ — a small slanted stroke below the last letter — doubled to tanwīn ـٍ when the word is indefinite. قُوَّةٍ ends in that doubled kasrah ـٍ because بِ stands before it. L2 · R12

Significance — from the tafsir

Al-Hasan said "Hold fast to that which We have given you" means the Tawrah; Mujahid said the Ayah commanded, "Strictly adhere to it."

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:63

So far: “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”

وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ

(…and remember what is in it)

Root ذكر — recollection, admonition, remembrance · 292 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

وَٱذْكُرُوا۟word 11

Conjunction · حرف عطفThe prefix وَ at the front of وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ is a conjunction — a small joining word meaning 'and' — linking what follows to what came before; the word it joins in must stand in the same grammatical case as its partner before the joint — the same role in the sentence, even when the two words write that case with different endings. L4 · R4

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. ٱذْكُرُ is a command: 'and remember', from the root ذكر: recollection, admonition, remembrance. L1 · R7

Imperative Verb · فعل أمرAn imperative verb is a direct command addressed to 'you', formed from the present-tense verb by removing its opening prefix and adding a helping ٱ when what remains starts with a vowelless letter. ٱذْكُرُوا۟ shows that helping ٱ at its front, commanding a group — the ending وا۟ points the order at 'you all': remember! L10 · R1

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'I / you / he' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. وا۟ · 'you all/your' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6

Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, standing in the nominative — the doer's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending وا۟ is that doer, 'you all' — the ones told to remember; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L9 · R4

مَاword 12

Relative Pronoun · اسم موصولA relative pronoun is a word that hooks a whole describing sentence onto its meaning. مَا · 'what' is the relative word Arabic uses for non-human things — 'what' or 'that which' — one fixed shape for any gender and any number: its ending never changes to show its job in the sentence. L5 · R13

Direct Object · مفعول بهThe direct object is the thing the action lands on, standing in the accusative — the landed-on form, usually a fathah ـَ, a small slanted stroke above the last letter. 'What is in it' is what the remembering must land on; مَا keeps one fixed written shape, so no fathah appears — the accusative is the role it fills. L9 · R3

فِيهِword 13

Particle · حرفA particle is a small helper word of one to three letters that works like glue — it connects or adjusts other words rather than naming something or describing an action, and it can never be the one a sentence is about. فِي · 'in' is such a helper. L1 · R9

Preposition · حرف جرA preposition is a little helper word that relates one thing to another; Arabic keeps a short list of them — small words like فِي 'in', مِنْ 'from', and عَلَىٰ 'on'. فِي · 'in' is one of these relation-words. L4 · R2

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'me / us / them' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. هِ · 'him/his' hangs on the little relation-word in فِيهِ, governed by the word it is fastened to. L3 · R6

Significance — from the tafsir

Abu Al-'Aliyah and Ar-Rabi' said that "and remember that which is therein" means, "Read the Tawrah and implement it."

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:63

لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

(…that perhaps you may become righteous.")

Root وقي — to fear Allah, guard against evil, consciousness of Allah, piety · 258 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

لَعَلَّكُمْword 14

Accusative Particle (إنّ) · حرف مشبه بالفعللَعَلَّ — one of the family of particles that sit before a topic-plus-comment sentence, each carrying the doubling shaddah ـّ, seen here on its لَّ — expresses hope or expectation, 'perhaps / so that'; in Allah's speech it typically reveals the purpose behind a command. The commands to hold fast and remember are for this end: so that you may become mindful. L15 · R8

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of another word. The ending كُمْ on لَعَلَّكُمْ stands for 'you all' — the ones the hope is spoken over; this particle family pushes its topic into the accusative, the form usually shown by a fathah ـَ, a small stroke above the last letter, though a pronoun keeps one fixed written shape — the accusative is the role it fills. L3 · R6

تَتَّقُونَword 15

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. تَتَّقُ is an action unfolding now: '(would become) righteous', from the root وقي: to fear Allah, guard against evil, consciousness of Allah, piety. L1 · R7

Present Tense Verb · فعل مضارعA present-tense verb describes an action happening now or still to come, and it is recognized by its opening letter — one of the four present-tense prefixes أ ن ي ت. تَتَّقُ opens with exactly such a letter: '(would become) righteous', from the root وقي: to fear Allah, guard against evil, consciousness of Allah, piety. L8 · R3

The Five Verbs · الأفعال الخمسةThe Five Verbs are the five present-tense shapes whose ending closes with the letter ن — يَفْعَلَانِ, تَفْعَلَانِ, يَفْعَلُونَ, تَفْعَلُونَ, تَفْعَلِينَ. تَتَّقُونَ is one of them: its ending ونَ keeps that closing ن, and for these five shapes the kept ن is itself the grammar-sign that the verb stands in its plain, ordinary mood. L10 · R10

Weak Verb · فعل معتلA weak verb is a verb that carries و or ي — the 'weak' letters, which love to soften into long vowels or vanish — among its root letters. The root of تَتَّقُ is وقي: to fear Allah, guard against evil, consciousness of Allah, piety — and not one but two of its letters are weak, و and ي: a doubly-weak root. L24 · R9

Form VIII Verb · اِفْتَعَلَA Form VIII verb tucks an extra تـ just after the first root letter. In تَتَّقُونَ, from the root وقي, that inserted تـ has merged with the root to give the doubled تّ — shown by the shaddah ـّ, the small w-shaped mark — marking it as Form VIII: making oneself guarded, mindful. L13 · R4

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'I / you / he' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. ونَ · 'you all/your' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — تَتَّقُونَ — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6

Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, standing in the nominative — the doer's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending ونَ is that doer, 'you all' — the ones hoped to become mindful; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L9 · R4

Significance — from the tafsir

As the parallel Ayah puts it: "Hold firmly to what We have given you, and remember that which is therein, so that you may fear Allah and obey Him."

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:63

So far: “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."”