Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 148
وَٱتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوسَىٰ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ مِنْ حُلِيِّهِمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ ۚ أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّهُۥ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَلَا يَهْدِيهِمْ سَبِيلًا ۘ ٱتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُوا۟ ظَـٰلِمِينَ
And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship], and they were wrongdoers.
Al-A'raf · 7:148
Word by word
- وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhaAnd took
- قَوْمُqawmu(the) people
- مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter him
- مِنْminfrom
- حُلِيِّهِمْḥuliyyihimtheir ornaments
- عِجْلًۭاʿij'lana calf
- جَسَدًۭاjasadanan image
- لَّهُۥlahu[for] it
- خُوَارٌ ۚkhuwārun(had) a lowing sound
- أَلَمْalamDid not
- يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
- أَنَّهُۥannahuthat it
- لَاlā(could) not
- يُكَلِّمُهُمْyukallimuhumspeak to them
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يَهْدِيهِمْyahdīhimguide them
- سَبِيلًا ۘsabīlan(to) a way
- ٱتَّخَذُوهُittakhadhūhuThey took it (for worship)
- وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
- ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers
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