وَاتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى مِن بَعْدِهِ مِنْ حُلِیِّهِمْ عِجْلا جَسَداً لَّهُ خُوَارٌ أَلَمْ یَرَوْا أَنَّهُ لاَ یُکَلِّمُهُمْ وَلاَ یَهْدِیهِمْ سَبِیلا اتَّخَذُوهُ وَکَانُوا ظَـلِمینَ (148) وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِى أَیْدِیهِمْ وَرَأَوْا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ یَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَیَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَکُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَـسِرِینَ (149) 148- AND THE PEOPLE OF MOSES, IN HIS ABSENCE, TOOK FROM THEIR ORNAMENTS A CALF - A BODY THAT LOWED! DID THEY NOT SEE THAT IT NEITHER COULD SPEAK TO THEM, NOR GUIDE THEM TO A WAY? THEY TOOK IT AND WERE OPPRESSORS.
149- AND WHEN THEY REPENTED, AND REALIZED THAT THEY HAD GONE ASTRAY, THEY SAID: `IF OUR LORD DOES NOT HAVE MERCY ON US, AND FORGIVES US NOT; WE SHALL INDEED BE OF THE LOSERS.