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Taha 88

Ayah 88 of 135 · Meccan

فَأَخۡرَجَ لَهُمۡ عِجۡلٗا جَسَدٗا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٞ فَقَالُواْ هَٰذَآ إِلَٰهُكُمۡ وَإِلَٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِيَ ٨٨

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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَخۡرَجَThen he brought forthfa-akhraja
  2. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  3. عِجۡلٗاa calf'sʿij'lan
  4. جَسَدٗاbodyjasadan
  5. لَّهُۥit hadlahu
  6. خُوَارٞa lowing soundkhuwārun
  7. فَقَالُواْand they saidfaqālū
  8. هَٰذَآThishādhā
  9. إِلَٰهُكُمۡ(is) your godilāhukum
  10. وَإِلَٰهُand the godwa-ilāhu
  11. مُوسَىٰ(of) Musamūsā
  12. فَنَسِيَbut he forgotfanasiya

Tafsir

So Samiri took out from this jewellery of the Israelites a lifeless body of a calf, which made a noise like that of a cow. Those amongst them who had been tempted by Samiri’s action said: “This is your god and the god of Moses which he forgot and left here”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran