The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
al-Nisā’ (Women)
ٱلنِّسَاء
4:153
يَسْأَلُكَ
أَهْلُ
الْكِتَابِ
أَن
تُنَزِّلَ
عَلَيْهِمْ
كِتَابًا
مِّنَ
السَّمَاءِ
فَقَدْ
سَأَلُوا
مُوسَى
أَكْبَرَ
مِن
ذَلِكَ
فَقَالُوا
أَرِنَا
اللَّهَ
جَهْرَةً
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ
الصَّاعِقَةُ
بِظُلْمِهِمْ
ثُمَّ
اتَّخَذُوا
الْعِجْلَ
مِن
بَعْدِ
مَا
جَاءَتْهُمُ
الْبَيِّنَاتُ
فَعَفَوْنَا
عَن
ذَلِكَ
وَآتَيْنَا
مُوسَى
سُلْطَانًا
مُّبِينًا
yasʾaluka ʾahlu l-kitābi ʾan tunazzila ʿalayhim kitāban mina s-samāʾi fa-qad saʾalū mūsā ʾakbara min dhālika fa-qālū ʾarinā llāha jahratan fa-ʾakhadhathumu ṣ-ṣāʿiqatu bi-ẓulmihim thumma ttakhadhū l-ʿijla min baʿdi mā jāʾathumu l-bayyinātu fa-ʿafawnā ʿan dhālika wa-ʾātaynā mūsā sulṭānan mubīnan
(Muhammad), the People of the Book ask you to make a Book descend to them from the heavens. However, they had asked Moses for things much harder to do than this, by saying, "Show us God in person." Thunder and lightning struck them because of their unjust demands. Despite all the evidence that had come to them, they started to worship the calf, but We forgave them for their sins and gave Moses clear authority.
