The Heights, The Elevated Places — Verse 148

7:148 · al-A`raf

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The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:148

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Arabic English Morphology
وَٱتَّخَذَ wa-ittakhadha
And took V
قَوْمُ qawmu
(the) people Noun
مُوسَىٰ mūsā
(of) Musa Noun
مِنۢ min
from Prep
بَعْدِهِۦ baʿdihi
after him Noun
مِنْ min
from Prep
حُلِيِّهِمْ ḥuliyyihim
their ornaments Noun
عِجْلًا ʿij'lan
a calf Noun
جَسَدًا jasadan
an image Noun
لَّهُۥ lahu
[for] it Noun
خُوَارٌ khuwārun
(had) a lowing sound Noun
أَلَمْ alam
Did not Prep
يَرَوْا۟ yaraw
they see V
أَنَّهُۥ annahu
that it Prep
لَا lā
(could) not Prep
يُكَلِّمُهُمْ yukallimuhum
speak to them V
وَلَا walā
and not Prep
يَهْدِيهِمْ yahdīhim
guide them V
سَبِيلًا sabīlan
(to) a way Noun
ٱتَّخَذُوهُ ittakhadhūhu
They took it (for worship) V
وَكَانُوا۟ wakānū
and they were V
ظَٰلِمِينَ ẓālimīna
wrongdoers Noun

In his absence, Moses’ people took to worshipping a mere shape that made sounds like a cow- a calf made from their jewellery. Could they not see that it did not speak to them or guide them in any way? Yet they took it for worship: they were evildoers

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَٱتَّخَذَ قَوۡمُ مُوسَىٰ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ مِنۡ حُلِیِّهِمۡ عِجۡلࣰا جَسَدࣰا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌۚ أَلَمۡ یَرَوۡا۟ أَنَّهُۥ لَا یُكَلِّمُهُمۡ وَلَا یَهۡدِیهِمۡ سَبِیلًاۘ ٱتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُوا۟ ظَـٰلِمِینَ ۝١٤٨

wa-ittakhadha qawmu mūsā min baʿdihi min ḥuliyyihim ʿij'lan jasadan lahu khuwārun alam yaraw annahu lā yukallimuhum walā yahdīhim sabīlan ittakhadhūhu wakānū ẓālimīn

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