يَسْـَٔلُكَ
أَهْلُ
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
أَن
تُنَزِّلَ
عَلَيْهِمْ
كِتَـٰبًۭا
مِّنَ
ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ
فَقَدْ
سَأَلُوا۟
مُوسَىٰٓ
أَكْبَرَ
مِن
ذَٰلِكَ
فَقَالُوٓا۟
أَرِنَا
ٱللَّهَ
جَهْرَةًۭ
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ
ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ
بِظُلْمِهِمْ ۚ
ثُمَّ
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟
ٱلْعِجْلَ
مِنۢ
بَعْدِ
مَا
جَآءَتْهُمُ
ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ
فَعَفَوْنَا
عَن
ذَٰلِكَ ۚ
وَءَاتَيْنَا
مُوسَىٰ
سُلْطَـٰنًۭا
مُّبِينًۭا
١٥٣
The People of the Book demand that you [Prophet] make a book physically come down to them from heaven, but they demanded even more than that of Moses when they said, ‘Show us God face to face,’ and were struck by the thunderbolt for their presumption. Even after clear revelations had come down to them, they took the calf as an object of worship, yet We pardoned this, and gave Moses clear authority;
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem