وَجَـوَزْنَا بِبَنِى إِسْرءِیلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا عَلى قَوْم یَعْکُفُونَ عَلى أَصْنَام لَّهُمْ قَالُوا یَـمُوسَى اجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَـهَاً کَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّکُمْ قَومٌ تَجْهَلُونَ (138)

138- AND WE PASSED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL (SAFELY) ACROSS THE SEA. THEN THEY CAME TO A PEOPLE DEVOTED TO SOME IDOLS THEY HAD. THEY SAID: `O, MOSES MAKE US A GOD AS THEY HAVE GODS! '

HE SAID: `YOU ARE INDEED AN IGNORANT PEOPLE.'

إِنَّ هَـؤُلاَءِ مَتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِیهِ وَبـطِلٌ مَّا کَانُوا یَعْمَلُونَ (139)

139- VERILY THAT WHICH THESE (PEOPLE) ARE IN IT, (IDOLATRY) IS LIABLE TO PERISH, AND VAIN IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.

قَالَ أَغَیْرَ اللهِ أَبْغِیکُمْ إِلَهاً وَهُوَ فَضَّلَکُمْ عَلَى الْعَلَمِینَ (140)

140- HE (ALSO) SAID: `SHOULD I SEEK FOR YOU A GOD OTHER THAN ALLAH, AND HE GAVE YOU SUPERIORITY OVER THE NATIONS?'

وَإِذْ أَنجَیْنَـکُمْ مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ یَسُومُونَکُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ یُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَکُمْ وَیَسْتَحْیُونَ نِسَآءَکُمْ وَفِى ذَلِکُمْ بَلاَءٌ مِّن رَّبِّکُمْ عَظِیمٌ (141)

141- (AND REMEMBER) WHEN WE RESCUED YOU FROM PHARAOH'S PEOPLE; AFFLICTED YOU WITH THE WORST OF TORMENTS, KILLING YOUR SONS, AND LEAVING ALIVE YOUR DAUGHTERS, AND IN THAT THERE WAS A GREAT TRIAL FROM YOUR LORD.