Surah Ta-Ha 20:88 — translation and meaning
طه · Verse 88 / 135 · Page 318
فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا هَذَا إِلَهُكُمْ وَإِلَهُ مُوسَى فَنَسِيَ
Word by Word
فَأَخْرَجَ
fa-akhraja
Then he brought forth
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
عِجْلًا
ij'lan
a calf's
جَسَدًا
jasadan
body
لَّهُ
lahu
it had
خُوَارٌ
khuwarun
a lowing sound
فَقَالُوا
faqalu
and they said
هَذَا
hadha
This
إِلَهُكُمْ
ilahukum
(is) your god
وَإِلَهُ
wa-ilahu
and the god
مُوسَى
musa
(of) Musa
فَنَسِيَ
fanasiya
but he forgot
Transliteration
Fa akhraja lahum 'ijlan jasadal lahoo khuwaarun faqaaloo haazaaa ilaahukum wa ilaahu Moosaa fanasee
Translation
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."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So Samiri took out from this jewellery of the Israelites a lifeless body of a calf, which made a noise like that of a cow. Those amongst them who had been tempted by Samiri’s action said: “This is your god and the god of Moses which he forgot and left here”.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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