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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 67of 286

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا۟ بَقَرَةًۭ ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًۭا ۖ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِٱللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ﴿٦٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "Indeed, Allah commands you to slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you take us in ridicule?" He said, "I seek refuge in Allah from being among the ignorant."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قَالَqālasaid
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
لِقَوْمِهِۦٓliqawmihito his people
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَأْمُرُكُمْyamurukumcommands you
أَنanthat
تَذْبَحُوا۟tadhbaḥūyou slaughter
بَقَرَةًۭ ۖbaqaratana cow
قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
أَتَتَّخِذُنَاatattakhidhunāDo you take us
هُزُوًۭا ۖhuzuwan(in) ridicule
قَالَqālaHe said
أَعُوذُaʿūdhuI seek refuge
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
أَنْanthat
أَكُونَakūnaI be
مِنَminaamong
ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of the murdered Israeli Man and the CowAllah said, `O Children of Israel! Remember how I blessed you with miracle of the cow that was the means for discovering the identity of the murderer, when the murdered man was brought back to life.'Ibn Abi Hatim recorded `Ubaydah As-Salmani saying, "There was a man from among the Children of Israel who was impotent. He had substantial wealth, and only a nephew who would inherit from him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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