البقرة
Al-Baqarah
Surah 2
Verse 68
البقرة
The Cow • madinah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
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2:68
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا۟ بَقَرَةً ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًا ۖ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِٱللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
And remember when Moses said to his people: ‘Allah commands you to slaughter a cow,’ they said: ‘Dost thou make a jest of us?’ He said: ‘I seek refuge with Allah from being one of the ignorant.’
English - Five Volume Translation
And remember when Moses said to his people, ‘Allah commands you to slaughter a cow,’ they said: ‘Dost thou make a jest of us?’ He said, ‘I seek refuge with Allah from being one of the ignorant.’[74]
Important Words:
ھزوا (a jest) means: (1) jest; (2) the object or butt of a joke (Lisan). See also 2:14.
Commentary:
Here begins an account of another Israelite wrong which was allied to their worship of the calf. Though the calf mentioned in 2:52 was destroyed, yet veneration for the cow lingered in their hearts. The verse, along with those that follow, will be explained under verse 72 below.
English - Short Commentary Translation
And remember when Moses said to his people, ‘Allah commands you to slaughter a cow,’ they said, ‘Dost thou make a jest of us?’ He said, ‘I seek refuge with Allah lest I should be one of the ignorant.’