وَٱتَّخَذَ
قَوْمُ
مُوسَىٰ
مِنۢ
بَعْدِهِۦ
مِنْ
حُلِيِّهِمْ
عِجْلًۭا
جَسَدًۭا
لَّهُۥ
خُوَارٌ ۚ
أَلَمْ
يَرَوْا۟
أَنَّهُۥ
لَا
يُكَلِّمُهُمْ
وَلَا
يَهْدِيهِمْ
سَبِيلًا ۘ
ٱتَّخَذُوهُ
وَكَانُوا۟
ظَـٰلِمِينَ
١٤٨
In his absence, Moses’ people took to worshipping a mere shape that made sounds like a cow- a calf made from their jewellery. Could they not see that it did not speak to them or guide them in any way? Yet they took it for worship: they were evildoers.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem