Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:138

7:138

وَجَـٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ ۚ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَـٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

wajāwaznā bibanī is'rāīla l-baḥra fa-ataw ʿalā qawmin yaʿkufūna ʿalā aṣnāmin lahum qālū yāmūsā ij'ʿal lanā ilāhan kamā lahum ālihatun qāla innakum qawmun tajhalūna

And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They [the Children of Israel] said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.

— Saheeh International

We took the Children of Israel across the sea, but when they came upon a people who worshipped idols, they said, ‘Moses, make a god for us like theirs.’ He said, ‘You really are foolish people:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We brought the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea, and they came upon a people devoted to some of their idols (in worship). They said: "O Mûsâ (Moses)! Make for us an ilâh (a god) as they have âlihah (gods)." He said: "Verily, you are a people who know not (the Majesty and Greatness of Allâh and what is obligatory upon you, i.e. to worship none but Allâh Alone, the One and the Only God of all that exists)."

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

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وَجَـٰوَزْنَاwajāwaznāAnd We led across
بِبَنِىٓbibanī(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
ٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe sea
فَأَتَوْا۟fa-atawThen they came
عَلَىٰʿalāupon
قَوْمٍۢqawmina people
يَعْكُفُونَyaʿkufūnadevoted
عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
أَصْنَامٍۢaṣnāminidols
لَّهُمْۚlahumof theirs
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰمُوسَىyāmūsāO Musa
ٱجْعَلij'ʿalMake
لَّنَآlanāfor us
إِلَـٰهًۭاilāhana god
كَمَاkamālike what
لَهُمْlahumthey have
ءَالِهَةٌۭۚālihatungods
قَالَqālaHe said
إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant