The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:60
وَإِذِ
اسْتَسْقَى
مُوسَى
لِقَوْمِهِ
فَقُلْنَا
اضْرِب
بِّعَصَاكَ
الْحَجَرَ
فَانفَجَرَتْ
مِنْهُ
اثْنَتَا
عَشْرَةَ
عَيْنًا
قَدْ
عَلِمَ
كُلُّ
أُنَاسٍ
مَّشْرَبَهُمْ
كُلُوا
وَاشْرَبُوا
مِن
رِّزْقِ
اللَّهِ
وَلَا
تَعْثَوْا
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
مُفْسِدِينَ
wa-ʾidhi stasqā mūsā li-qawmihī fa-qulnā ḍrib bi-ʿaṣāka l-ḥajara fa-nfajarat minhu thnatā ʿashrata ʿaynan qad ʿalima kullu ʾunāsin mashrabahum kulū wa-shrabū min rizqi llāhi wa-lā taʿthaw fī l-ʾarḍi mufsidīna
When Moses prayed for rain, We told him to strike the rock with his staff. Thereupon twelve fountains gushed out of the rock and each tribe knew their drinking place. The Lord told them, "Eat and drink from God's bounties and do not abuse the earth with corruption."