سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 88
فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَـٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَ ﴿88﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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).’"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَأَخْرَجَ
fa-akhraja
Then he brought forth
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
عِجْلًۭا
ʿij'lan
a calf's
جَسَدًۭا
jasadan
body
لَّهُۥ
lahu
it had
خُوَارٌۭ
khuwārun
a lowing sound
فَقَالُوا۟
faqālū
and they said
هَـٰذَآ
hādhā
This
إِلَـٰهُكُمْ
ilāhukum
(is) your god
وَإِلَـٰهُ
wa-ilāhu
and the god
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
(of) Musa
فَنَسِىَ
fanasiya
but he forgot
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.
88. 1. Zīnah refers to ornaments, and al-qawm refers to the people of Pharaoh. It is said that these ornaments were borrowed by them from the people of Pharaoh, which is why they were called a burden, because they were not lawful for them. Thus, they gathered them and threw them into a pit. Samiri also (who, like some misguided sects among the Muslims, was misguided) melted all the ornaments and made a calf in such a way that, due to the air passing in and out, a kind of sound was produced. With this sound, he misled the Children of Israel by saying that Musa (AS) had gone astray because he went to Mount Tur to meet Allah, whereas your and Musa’s (AS) deity is this.
