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Al-A'raf 7:148

وَٱتَّخَذَ قَوۡمُ مُوسَىٰ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ مِنۡ حُلِيِّهِمۡ عِجۡلٗا جَسَدٗا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌۚ أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّهُۥ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمۡ وَلَا يَهۡدِيهِمۡ سَبِيلًاۘ ٱتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُواْ ظَٰلِمِينَ

In the absence of Moses, his people made from their ˹golden˺ jewellery an idol of a calf that made a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to the ˹Right˺ Path? Still they took it as a god and were wrongdoers.

Word by word

وَٱتَّخَذَ
wa-ittakhadha
And took
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
قَوۡمُ
qawmu
(the) people
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
(of) Musa
Vocabulary
مِنۢ
min
from
Vocabulary
بَعۡدِهِۦ
baʿdihi
after him
Vocabulary
مِنۡ
min
from
Vocabulary
حُلِيِّهِمۡ
ḥuliyyihim
their ornaments
Vocabulary
Root: حلي
عِجۡلٗا
ʿij'lan
a calf
Vocabulary
Root: عجل
جَسَدٗا
jasadan
an image
Vocabulary
Root: جسد
لَّهُۥ
lahu
[for] it
Vocabulary
خُوَارٌۚ
khuwārun
(had) a lowing sound
Vocabulary
Root: خور
أَلَمۡ
alam
Did not
Vocabulary
يَرَوۡاْ
yaraw
they see
Vocabulary
Root: راي
أَنَّهُۥ
annahu
that it
Vocabulary
لَا
lā
(could) not
Vocabulary
يُكَلِّمُهُمۡ
yukallimuhum
speak to them
Vocabulary
Root: كلم
وَلَا
walā
and not
Vocabulary
يَهۡدِيهِمۡ
yahdīhim
guide them
Vocabulary
Root: هدي
سَبِيلًاۘ
sabīlan
(to) a way
Vocabulary
Root: سبل
ٱتَّخَذُوهُ
ittakhadhūhu
They took it (for worship)
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
وَكَانُواْ
wakānū
and they were
Vocabulary
Root: كون
ظَٰلِمِينَ
ẓālimīna
wrongdoers
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.