وَلَقَدْ آتَیْنَا مُوسَى الْکِتَابَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا أَهْلَکْنَا الْقُرُونَ الاُْولَى بَصَائِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدىً وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ یَتَذَکَّرُونَ(( 43 ))

43- AND VERILY WE GAVE MOSES THE BOOK (TORAH), AFTER WE DESTROYED THE EARLIER GENERATIONS; AS DISCERNMENTS FOR PEOPLE AND GUIDANCE AND MERCY, THAT THEY MIGHT BE MINDFUL.

وَمَا کُنتَ بِجَانِبِ الْغَرْبِىِّ إِذْ قَضَیْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى الاَْمْرَ وَمَا کُنتَ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِینَ(( 44 ))

44- AND YOU WERE NOT IN THE WESTERN SIDE, WHEN WE DECREED TO MOSES THE COMMANDMENT, AND YOU WERE NOT OF THE WITNESSES. (WHEN WE ARMED HIM WITH THE MIRACLES)

وَلَکِنَّا أَنشَأْنَا قُرُوناً فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَیْهِمُ الْعُمُرُ وَمَا کُنتَ ثَاوِیاً فِى أَهْلِ مَدْیَنَ تَتْلُوا عَلَیْهِمْ آیَاتِنَا وَلَکِنَّا کُنَّا مُرْسِلِینَ(( 45 ))

45- BUT WE CREATED GENERATIONS WHOSE LIVES WE PROLONGED, (AND THE TRACES OF THE PROPHETS WERE EFFACED, SO WE SENT YOU WITH YOUR DIVINE BOOK), AND YOU WERE NOT A DWELLER AMONG THE MIDIANITES TO RECITE TO THEM (THE PRONOUN THEM REFERS TO THE IDOLATERS OF MECCA) OUR SIGNS, BUT WE WERE SENDING MESSENGERS.

وَمَا کُنتَ بِجَانِبِ الطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَیْنَا وَلَکِنْ رَّحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّکَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْماً مَّا أَتَاهُمْ مِّنْ نَّذِیر مِّنْ قَبْلِکَ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَتَذَکَّرُونَ(( 46 ))

46- AND YOU WERE NOT AT THE MOUNTAIN-SIDE, WHEN WE CALLED (MOSES). BUT AS A MERCY FROM YOUR LORD (WE INSPIRED YOU WITH OUR MESSAGE) TO WARN A PEOPLE TO WHOM NO WARNER HAD COME BEFORE YOU, PERHAPS THEY BE MINDFUL.