Surah 2:83
"(Remember) when We took a covenant with the Sons of Israel: ‘Do not serve (anyone) but God, and (do) good to parents and family, and the orphans, and the poor, and speak well to the people, and observe the prayer and give the alms.’ Then you turned away in aversion, except for a few of you."
2.83 – (Remember) when We took a covenant with the Sons of Israel
The text returns to a couple of “when” statements about the establishment of the covenant, but now the judgments come very quickly: the Sons of Israel turned away from the covenant and transgressed its stipulations (vv. 83–86).
- from The Quran with Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam