سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 67
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا۟ بَقَرَةً ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًا ۖ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِٱللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ ﴿67﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) when Mûsâ (Moses) said to his people: "Verily, Allâh commands you that you slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you make fun of us?" He said, "I take Allâh’s Refuge from being among Al-Jâhilûn (the ignorant or the foolish)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قَالَ
qāla
said
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ
liqawmihi
to his people
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَأْمُرُكُمْ
yamurukum
commands you
أَن
an
that
تَذْبَحُوا۟
tadhbaḥū
you slaughter
بَقَرَةًۭ ۖ
baqaratan
a cow
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
أَتَتَّخِذُنَا
atattakhidhunā
Do you take us
هُزُوًۭا ۖ
huzuwan
(in) ridicule
قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَعُوذُ
aʿūdhu
I seek refuge
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
أَنْ
an
that
أَكُونَ
akūna
I be
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ
l-jāhilīna
the ignorant
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
67. 1. Among the Children of Israel, there was a wealthy man without children whose only heir was a nephew. One night, this nephew killed his uncle and placed the corpse at the door of another person. In the morning, during the search for the murderer, they began to accuse each other of the crime. Eventually, the matter reached Musa (AS), and they were commanded to slaughter a cow. A piece of the cow was struck upon the murdered man, by which he came back to life, identified the killer, and then died again. (Fath al-Qadeer)
