وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لِقَوْمِهِ إِنَّ اللهَ یَأْمُرُکُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُواْ بَقَرَةً قَالُواْ أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُواً قال أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ أَنْ أَکُونَ مِنَ الْجَـهِلِینَ(( 67 ))

67- AND WHEN MOSES SAID TO HIS PEOPLE: ``ALLAH COMMANDS YOU TO SLAUGHTER A COW.'' THEY SAID: ``DO YOU TAKE US IN MOCKERY?'' HE SAID: ``I SEEK REFUGE IN ALLAH, LEST I SHOULD BE ONE OF THE IGNORANTS.''

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّکَ یُبَیِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ یَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لا فَارِضٌ وَلاَ بِکْرٌ عَوَانٌ بَیْنَ ذَ لِکَ فَافْعَلُواْ مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ(( 68 ))

68- THEY SAID: ``CALL ON YOUR LORD, TO MAKE IT KNOWN TO US WHAT KIND OF A COW SHE SHOULD BE?'' HE SAID: HE SAYS: ``SHE IS A COW NEITHER OLD, NOR VIRGIN, MIDDLING BETWEEN THE TWO. DO THEREFORE AS YOU ARE BIDDEN.''

قَالُواْ ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّکَ یُبَیِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا قَالَ إِنَّهُ یَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَآءُ فَاقِعٌ لَوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ النَّـظِرِینَ(( 69 ))

69- THEY SAID: ``CALL YOUR LORD TO MAKE IT PLAIN TO US, WHAT HER COLOUR SHALL BE?'' HE SAID: HE SAYS: ``IT IS A COW RICH YELLOW PLEASING (TO THE EYES OF) THE BEHOLDERS.''

قَالُواْ ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّکَ یُبَیِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ إِنَّ الْبَقَرَ تَشَـبَهَ عَلَیْنَا وَإِنَّـآ إِنْ شَآءَ اللهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ(( 70 ))

70- THEY SAID: ``CALL ON YOUR LORD TO MAKE KNOWN TO US WHAT SHE MAY BE, FOR TO US COWS LOOK ALIKE, AND IF ALLAH WILLS WE SHALL BE GUIDED ARIGHT.''

قَالَ إِنَّهُ یَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لاَّ ذَلُولٌ تُثِیرُ الاَْرْضَ وَلاَ تَسْقِى الْحَرثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لاَّ شِیَةَ فِیهَا قَالُواْ الْــنَ جِئْتَ بِالْحَقِّ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا کَادُواْ یَفْعَلُونَ(( 71 ))

71- HE SAID: HE SAYS: ``IT IS A COW NOT TAMED TO PLOUGH THE LAND, OR WATER THE FIELD, SOUND AND FREE FROM ANY BLEMISH.''

THEY SAID: ``NOW YOU HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUTH.'' AND THEY SLAUGHTERED HER, THOUGH THEY HAD NOT THE MIND OF DOING IT.

وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْساً فَادّ رَءتُمْ فِیهَا وَاللهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَّا کُنْتُمْ تَکْتُمُونَ(( 72 ))

72- AND WHEN YOU MURDERED A MAN, AND FELL TO A DISPUTE AMONG YOURSELVES AS TO THE CRIME; AND ALLAH WAS TO DISCLOSE WHAT YOU WERE HIDING.

فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا کَذَ لِکَ یُحْىِ اللهُ الْمَوْتَى وَیُرِیکُمْ ءَایَـتِهِ لَعَلَّکُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ(( 73 ))

73- SO WE SAID: STRIKE HIM (THE DEAD BODY) WITH A PIECE OF IT, (A PIECE OF THE SLAUGHTERED COW) AND THUS ALLAH BRINGS TO LIFE THE DEAD AND HE SHOWS YOU HIS SIGNS, PERHAPS YOU MIGHT USE YOUR WISDOM.

ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُکُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَ لِکَ فَهِىَ کَالْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةً وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا یَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ الاَْنْهَـرُ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا یَشَّقَّقُ فَیَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الْمَآءُ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا یَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْیَةِ اللهِ وَمَا اللهُ بِغَـفِل عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ(( 74 ))

74- THEN YOUR HEARTS HARDENED AFTER THAT, AND ARE LIKE STONES, OR EVEN HARDER! FOR, THERE ARE STONES FROM WHICH STREAMS GUSH OUT, AND OTHERS WHEN SPLIT, WATER ISSUES OUT OF IT, AND OTHERS FALL DOWN FOR FEAR OF ALLAH; AND ALLAH IS NOT HEEDLESS OF WHAT YOU DO.