20. Surah Taha, Verse 88
فَاَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلاً جَسَداً لَهُ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا هٰذَٓا اِلٰهُكُمْ وَاِلٰهُ مُوسٰى فَنَسِيَۜ
Faakhraja lahum AAijlan jasadan lahu khuwarunfaqaloo hatha ilahukum wa-ilahu moosafanasiy
Then he produced a calf for them, a physical form which made a lowing sound. So they said, ‘This is your god – and Musa’s god as well, but he forgot.’
- Progressive Muslims
He then produced for them a statue of a calf that emitted a sound. So they said: "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he had forgotten!"
- Shabbir Ahmed
Then As-Samiri (experienced in sculpting) made the effigy of a calf. It even brought forth a lowing sound with wind or when blown into. So they said, "This is your god, and the god of Moses, but he has forgotten."
- Sam Gerrans
And he brought forth for them a calf as a body that lowed; and they said: “This is your god, and the god of Moses, but he forgot.”
- The Monotheist Group
He then produced for them a sculpture of a calf that emitted a cry. So they said: "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he had forgotten!"
- Edip-Layth
He then produced for them a statue of a calf that emitted a sound. So they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he had forgotten!"
- Aisha Bewley
Then he produced a calf for them, a physical form which made a lowing sound. So they said, ‘This is your god – and Musa’s god as well, but he forgot.’
- Rashad Khalifa
He produced for them a sculpted calf, complete with a calf's sound . They said, "This is your god, and the god of Moses." Thus, he forgot.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Then he produced the image of a calf which mooed like a cow. And they said: 'This is your god and the god of Moses (whom) he has neglected."
- Sahih International
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. "
- Muhammad Asad
But then, [so they told Moses, the Samaritan] had produced for them [out of the molten gold] the effigy of a calf, which made a lowing sound; and thereupon they said [to one another], "This is your deity, and the deity of Moses-but he has forgotten [his past]
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses, but he hath forgotten.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And he fashioned it -the melted gold- in the shape of a calf's body -like the bull of Osiris in the city of Memphis, Egypt- which mowed like cattle when down wind. No sooner did they see a golden Calf emitting a sound than they forgot Allah Who delivered them and gave themselves up to the calf as the object of worship saying to each other: "This is your Ilah, the Ilah of Mussa whom he forgot, and by consequence he missed his way.
- Bijan Moeinian
Thus Sumerian made for them a statue of a calf which would make a sound. Then people cried: "This is your Lord and the Lord of Moses; how senile of Moses!"
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Then he took out (of the fire) for them (a statue of) a calf which seemed to low. They said: "This is your ilâh (god), and the ilâh (god) of Mûsâ (Moses), but he [Mûsâ (Moses)] has forgotten (his god).’"
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
"Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image of a calf: It seemed to low: so they said: This is your god, and the god of Moses, but (Moses) has forgotten!"
- Mustafa Khattab
Then he moulded for them an idol of a calf that made a lowing sound. They said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but Moses forgot ˹where it was˺!"
- Taqi Usmani
Then he brought forth for them a calf, which was (merely) a body with a lowing sound. Then they said, "This is your god and the god of Mūsā, and he (Mūsā) erred."
- Abdul Haleem
but he [used the molten jewellery to] produce an image of a calf which made a lowing sound, and they said, ‘This is your god and Moses’ god, but he has forgotten.’
- Arthur John Arberry
(Then he brought out for them a Calf, a mere body that lowed; and they said, 'This is your god, and the god of Moses, whom he has forgotten. '
- E. Henry Palmer
and he brought forth for the people a corporeal calf which lowed. ' And they said, 'This is your god and the god of Moses, but he has forgotten!'
- Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "We have not broken our promise to you of our own accord. But we were made to carry the load of the ornaments of the people, and we hurled them (into the fire). That was what As-Samiri bid us.
- Mahmoud Ghali
Then he brought out for them a corporeal calf that had a lowing (voice); so they said, "This is your god, and the god of Mûsa, (Moses) yet he has forgotten. "
- George Sale
and he produced unto them a corporeal calf, which lowed. And al Sameri and his companions said, this is your god, and the god of Moses; but he hath forgotten him, and is gone to seek some other.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
"Then he (As-Samiri) brought out (of the fire) the image of a calf before the (people): It seemed to moo (like a low noise of a cow): So they said: ‘This is your god, and the god of Musa (Moses), but he (Musa) has forgotten (his god)!’ "
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Then (it came to pass that) he (- Sâmirî) produced (an effigy of) a calf for the people (to worship), a mere body (without a soul) which emitted a lowing sound. And then they (- Sâmirî and his followers) said, `This is your god as well as that of Moses,' so he (- Sâmirî) gave up (the religion of Moses).
- Ali Quli Qarai
Then he produced for them a calf —a [lifeless] body with a low— and they said, This is your god and the god of Moses, so he forgot!