The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:148
وَاتَّخَذَ
قَوْمُ
مُوسَى
مِن
بَعْدِهِ
مِنْ
حُلِيِّهِمْ
عِجْلًا
جَسَدًا
لَّهُ
خُوَارٌ
أَلَمْ
يَرَوْا
أَنَّهُ
لَا
يُكَلِّمُهُمْ
وَلَا
يَهْدِيهِمْ
سَبِيلًا
اتَّخَذُوهُ
وَكَانُوا
ظَالِمِينَ
wa-ttakhadha qawmu mūsā min baʿdihī min ḥuliyyihim ʿijlan jasadan lahū khuwārun ʾa-lam yaraw ʾannahū lā yukallimuhum wa-lā yahdīhim sabīlan-i ittakhadhūhu wa-kānū ẓālimīna
In Moses' absence, his people manufactured a hollow sounding calf out of their ornaments. Could they not see that it could not speak to them or provide them with any guidance? They gained only evil by worshipping the calf.
