Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 138
وَجَـٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ ۚ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَـٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ
And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They [the Children of Israel] said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.
Al-A'raf · 7:138
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- وَجَـٰوَزْنَاwajāwaznāAnd We led across
- بِبَنِىٓbibanī(the) Children
- إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
- ٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe sea
- فَأَتَوْا۟fa-atawThen they came
- عَلَىٰʿalāupon
- قَوْمٍۢqawmina people
- يَعْكُفُونَyaʿkufūnadevoted
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
- أَصْنَامٍۢaṣnāminidols
- لَّهُمْ ۚlahumof theirs
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- يَـٰمُوسَىyāmūsāO Musa
- ٱجْعَلij'ʿalMake
- لَّنَآlanāfor us
- إِلَـٰهًۭاilāhana god
- كَمَاkamālike what
- لَهُمْlahumthey have
- ءَالِهَةٌۭ ۚālihatungods
- قَالَqālaHe said
- إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
- قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
- تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant
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