Surah Al-Baqara: Verse 53 - وإذ آتينا موسى الكتاب والفرقان... - English
Tafsir of Verse 53, Surah Al-Baqara
وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
English Translation
And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided.English Transliteration
Waith atayna moosa alkitaba waalfurqana laAAallakum tahtadoonaTafsir of Verse 53
And when We gave to Moses the Book and the Salvation, that haply you should be guided.
And remember We gave Moses the Scripture and the Criterion (Between right and wrong): There was a chance for you to be guided aright.
Torah is the book which was given to Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام)
In the language of the Holy Qur'an, al-Furgan الفرقان is a term signifying something which separates truth from falsehood or distinguishes the one from the other. In the present verse, it refers either to (a) the injunctions of the Shari` ah which are to be found in the Torah, for the Shari` ah resolves all the differences that may arise with regard to the doctrines or the practice of good deeds; or to (b) miracles which decide between a true or a false claim in a palpable manner; or even to (c) the Torah itself which has the twin qualities of being a Book of Allah and of being an instrument for separating truth from falsehood.
