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Surah 20. Ta-Ha, Ayah 88

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فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَـٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَ

Faakhraja lahum AAijlan jasadan lahu khuw a run faq a loo h atha il a hukum wail a hu moos a fanasiy a

But then, [so they told Moses,⁷⁴ the Samaritan] had produced for them [out of the molten gold] the effigy of a calf, which made a lowing sound;⁷⁵ and thereupon they said [to one another], "This is your deity, and the deity of Moses-but he has forgotten [his past]!"⁷⁶

- Mohammad Asad

and forged a calf in the shape of a body which produced the mooing sound. Then they cried out: `This is your god and the god of Musa, but Musa forgot to mention it to you."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Then he moulded for them an idol of a calf that made a lowing sound. They said, 'This is your god and the god of Moses, but Moses forgot 'where it was'!'

- Mustafa Khattab

Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your God and the God of Moses, but he hath forgotten.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

"Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image of a calf: it seemed to low: so they said: `This is your god and the god of Moses but (Moses) has forgotten!' " ²⁶⁰⁹ ²⁶¹⁰ ²⁶¹¹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali