Al-A'raf 7:148 واتخذ قوم موسى من بعده من حليهم عجلا جسدا له خوار الم يروا انه لا يكلمهم ولا يهديهم سبيلا اتخذوه وكانوا ظالمين ١٤٨
وَٱتَّخَذَ
قَوۡمُ
مُوسَىٰ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِهِۦ
مِنۡ
حُلِيِّهِمۡ
عِجۡلٗا
جَسَدٗا
لَّهُۥ
خُوَارٌۚ
أَلَمۡ
يَرَوۡاْ
أَنَّهُۥ
لَا
يُكَلِّمُهُمۡ
وَلَا
يَهۡدِيهِمۡ
سَبِيلًاۘ
ٱتَّخَذُوهُ
وَكَانُواْ
ظَٰلِمِينَ
١٤٨
In the absence of Moses, his people made from their ˹golden˺ jewellery an idol of a calf that made a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to the ˹Right˺ Path? Still they took it as a god and were wrongdoers.
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Story of worshipping the Calf
Allah describes the misguidance of those who worshipped the calf that As-Samiri made for them from the ornaments they borrowed from the Copts. He made the shape of a calf with these ornaments and threw in it a handful of dust from the trace of the horse that the Angel Ji
…Story of worshipping the Calf
Allah describes the misguidance of those who worshipped the calf that As-Samiri made for them from the ornaments they bor
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