۞ وَلَقَدْ
أَخَذَ
ٱللَّهُ
مِيثَـٰقَ
بَنِىٓ
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
وَبَعَثْنَا
مِنْهُمُ
ٱثْنَىْ
عَشَرَ
نَقِيبًۭا ۖ
وَقَالَ
ٱللَّهُ
إِنِّى
مَعَكُمْ ۖ
لَئِنْ
أَقَمْتُمُ
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
وَءَاتَيْتُمُ
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
وَءَامَنتُم
بِرُسُلِى
وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْ
وَأَقْرَضْتُمُ
ٱللَّهَ
قَرْضًا
حَسَنًۭا
لَّأُكَفِّرَنَّ
عَنكُمْ
سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ
وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ
جَنَّـٰتٍۢ
تَجْرِى
مِن
تَحْتِهَا
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ
فَمَن
كَفَرَ
بَعْدَ
ذَٰلِكَ
مِنكُمْ
فَقَدْ
ضَلَّ
سَوَآءَ
ٱلسَّبِيلِ
١٢
God took a pledge from the Children of Israel. We made twelve leaders arise among them, and God said, ‘I am with you: if you keep up the prayer, pay the prescribed alms, believe in My messengers and support them, and lend God a good loan, I will wipe out your sins and admit you into Gardens graced with flowing streams. Any of you who now ignore this [pledge] will be far from the right path.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem