Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:51

2:51

وَإِذْ وَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ

wa-idh wāʿadnā mūsā arbaʿīna laylatan thumma ittakhadhtumu l-ʿij'la min baʿdihi wa-antum ẓālimūna

And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [i.e., his departure], while you were wrongdoers.

— Saheeh International

We appointed forty nights for Moses [on Mount Sinai] and then, while he was away, you took to worshipping the calf- a terrible wrong.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when We appointed for Mûsâ (Moses) forty nights, and (in his absence) you took the calf (for worship), and you were Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
وَٰعَدْنَاwāʿadnāWe appointed
مُوسَىٰٓmūsā(for) Musa
أَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīnaforty
لَيْلَةًۭlaylatannights
ثُمَّthummaThen
ٱتَّخَذْتُمُittakhadhtumuyou took
ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calf
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter him
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you
ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna(were) wrongdoers