Quran 20:88 — Taa-Haa, verse 88
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but he [used the molten jewellery to] produce an image of a calf which made a lowing sound, and they said, ‘This is your god and Moses’ god, but he has forgotten.’
فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَهُ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا هَـٰذَا إِلَـٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَـٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِيَ
fa-akhraja lahum ʿij'lan jasadan lahu khuwārun faqālū hādhā ilāhukum wa-ilāhu mūsā fanasiya
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- (Then he brought out for them a Calf, a mere body that lowed; and they said, 'This is your god, and the god of Moses, whom he has forgotten.'
- Muhammad Asad
- But then, [so they told Moses, the Samaritan] had produced for them [out of the molten gold] the effigy of a calf, which made a lowing sound; and thereupon they said [to one another], "This is your deity, and the deity of Moses-but he has forgotten [his past]
- Sahih International
- And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَخْرَجَfa-akhraja | Then he brought forth | خرج |
| 2 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 3 | عِجْلًۭاʿij'lan | a calf's | عجل |
| 4 | جَسَدًۭاjasadan | body | جسد |
| 5 | لَّهُۥlahu | it had | — |
| 6 | خُوَارٌۭkhuwārun | a lowing sound | خور |
| 7 | فَقَالُوا۟faqālū | and they said | قول |
| 8 | هَـٰذَآhādhā | This | — |
| 9 | إِلَـٰهُكُمْilāhukum | (is) your god | أله |
| 10 | وَإِلَـٰهُwa-ilāhu | and the god | أله |
| 11 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | (of) Musa | — |
| 12 | فَنَسِىَfanasiya | but he forgot | نسي |