7:148
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