The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:67
وَإِذْ
قَالَ
مُوسَى
لِقَوْمِهِ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
يَأْمُرُكُمْ
أَن
تَذْبَحُوا
بَقَرَةً
قَالُوا
أَتَتَّخِذُنَا
هُزُوًا
قَالَ
أَعُوذُ
بِاللَّهِ
أَنْ
أَكُونَ
مِنَ
الْجَاهِلِينَ
wa-ʾidh qāla mūsā li-qawmihī ʾinna llāha yaʾmurukum ʾan tadhbaḥū baqaratan qālū ʾa-tattakhidhunā huzuwan qāla ʾaʿūdhu bi-llāhi ʾan ʾakūna mina l-jāhilīna
When Moses said to his people, "God commands you to sacrifice a cow," they asked, "Are you mocking us?" "God forbid, how would I be so ignorant," said Moses.
