وَجَـٰوَزۡنَا بِبَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ فَأَتَوۡا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ یَعۡكُفُونَ عَلَىٰۤ أَصۡنَامࣲ لَّهُمۡۚ قَالُوا۟ یَـٰمُوسَى ٱجۡعَل لَّنَاۤ إِلَـٰهࣰا كَمَا لَهُمۡ ءَالِهَةࣱۚ قَالَ إِنَّكُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ تَجۡهَلُونَ ۝١٣٨
wajāwaznā bibanī is'rāīla l-baḥra fa-ataw ʿalā qawmin yaʿkufūna ʿalā aṣnāmin lahum qālū yāmūsā ij'ʿal lanā ilāhan kamā lahum ālihatun qāla innakum qawmun tajhalūn
Abdel Haleem: We took the Children of Israel across the sea, but when they came upon a people who worshipped idols, they said, ‘Moses, make a god for us like theirs.’ He said, ‘You really are foolish people

Interlinear Analysis

1
wajāwaznā
جاوَزَ
Root: ج و ز
Verb
2
bibanī
بُنَىّ
Root: ب ن ي
Noun
3
is'rāīla
إِسْرائِيل
Noun
4
l-baḥra
بَحْر
Root: ب ح ر
Noun
5
fa-ataw
أَتَى
Root: أ ت ي
Verb
6
ʿalā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
7
qawmin
قَوْم
Root: ق و م
Noun
8
yaʿkufūna
يَعْكُفُ
Root: ع ك ف
Verb
9
ʿalā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
10
aṣnāmin
أَصْنام
Root: ص ن م
Noun
11
لَّهُمْ
lahum
Noun
12
qālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
13
yāmūsā
مُوسَى
Root: م و س ى
Noun
14
ij'ʿal
جَعَلَ
Root: ج ع ل
Verb
15
لَّنَآ
lanā
Noun
16
ilāhan
إِلٰه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
17
kamā
ما
Root: م ا
Prep.
18
لَهُمْ
lahum
Noun
19
ālihatun
إِلٰه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
20
qāla
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
21
innakum
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
22
qawmun
قَوْم
Root: ق و م
Noun
23
tajhalūna
يَجْهَلُ
Root: ج ه ل
Verb