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Surah Ta Ha (Ta Ha) 20 : 88

فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."

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Word Arabic word
(20:88:1)
fa-akhraja
Then he brought forth
(20:88:2)
(20:88:3)
ʿij'lan
a calf's
(20:88:4)
jasadan
body
(20:88:5)
(20:88:6)
khuwārun
a lowing sound
(20:88:7)
faqālū
and they said
(20:88:8)
(20:88:9)
ilāhukum
(is) your god
(20:88:10)
wa-ilāhu
and the god
(20:88:11)
(20:88:12)
fanasiya
but he fort

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It was merely an inanimate object. But no sooner did they see such a golden calf making such a noise than they forgot their true Lord who had saved them from their humiliation. Most stupidly and inexcusably they started to worship the calf, repeating the ludicrous statement that Moses had been misled when he went to the mountain looking for his deity, while the deity was there with them, as they claimed. They said: “This is your deity and the deity of Moses; but he has forgotten.” (Verse 88) Their stupid remarks also detract from the position of their prophet, Moses, who was the one to accomplish their salvation under God’s guidance. What they said about the calf alleged that Moses had no guiding relationship with his Lord. Hence, he did not know how to find Him, taking the wrong path and looking for him in the wrong place.

 

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