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Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 51

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وَإِذْ وَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ

Wai th w a AAadn a moos a arbaAAeena laylatan thumma ittakha th tumu alAAijla min baAAdihi waantum th a limoon a

and when We appointed for Moses forty nights [on Mount Sinai], and in his absence you took to worshipping the [golden] calf, and thus became evildoers:

- Mohammad Asad

Remember when We communed with Musa (Moses) for forty nights and in his absence you took the calf for worship, thus committing a wicked transgression.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And 'remember' when We appointed forty nights for Moses, then you worshipped the calf in his absence, acting wrongfully.

- Mustafa Khattab

And when We did appoint for Moses forty nights (of solitude), and then ye chose the calf, when he had gone from you, and were wrongdoers.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

And remember We appointed forty nights for Moses and in his absence you took the calf (for worship) and ye did grievous wrong. ⁶⁶

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali