وَجَٰوَزۡنَا
بِبَنِيٓ
إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
ٱلۡبَحۡرَ
فَأَتَوۡاْ
عَلَىٰ
قَوۡمٖ
يَعۡكُفُونَ
عَلَىٰٓ
أَصۡنَامٖ
لَّهُمۡۚ
قَالُواْ
يَٰمُوسَى
ٱجۡعَل
لَّنَآ
إِلَٰهٗا
كَمَا
لَهُمۡ
ءَالِهَةٞۚ
قَالَ
إِنَّكُمۡ
قَوۡمٞ
تَجۡهَلُونَ
١٣٨

We brought the Children of Israel across the sea and they came upon a people devoted to idols. They demanded, “O Moses! Make for us a god like their gods.” He replied, “Indeed, you are a people acting ignorantly!
إِنَّ
هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
مُتَبَّرٞ
مَّا
هُمۡ
فِيهِ
وَبَٰطِلٞ
مَّا
كَانُواْ
يَعۡمَلُونَ
١٣٩
What they follow is certainly doomed to destruction and their deeds are in vain.”
قَالَ
أَغَيۡرَ
ٱللَّهِ
أَبۡغِيكُمۡ
إِلَٰهٗا
وَهُوَ
فَضَّلَكُمۡ
عَلَى
ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
١٤٠
He added, “Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah, while He has honoured you above the others?”
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