Editing Screen: Surah al-Baqarah 2 : 69

Editing: al-Baqarah

Description <p><strong>Explanatory Note</strong></p> <p>That should have been more than adequate for them to choose a cow and carry out the order, discharging their obligation and sparing themselves further complication by narrowing their choices even further. Nevertheless, they insisted on asking more questions: “<strong>They said: ‘Pray on our behalf to your Lord to make clear to us of what colour she should be.’</strong>“ Since they asked, they received an answer: “<strong>[Moses] replied: ‘He says let her be a yellow cow, bright of hue, pleasing to the beholder.’</strong>“</p> <p>The choices are narrowing and the task of finding the right kind of beast that would meet this now elaborate description has become more difficult than ever. It is no longer simply the first available cow, but it has to be one of middle years, neither very old nor very young, of bright yellow colour, not too fat nor too lean, and, most difficult of all, ‘pleasing to the beholder’. This means that the cow must be bright, lively and vigorous; because such are the qualities that people are pleased to see. On the other hand, people dislike to look at a thin, weak or deformed animal.</p>

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