Surah Al-A'raf · Ayah 148

Meaning of Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 148

Wattakhatha qawmu moosamin baAAdihi min huliyyihim AAijlan jasadan lahu khuwarunalam yaraw annahu la yukallimuhum wala yahdeehimsabeelan ittakhathoohu wakanoo thalimeen

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1. وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhaAnd took
2. قَوْمُqawmu(the) people
3. مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
4. مِنۢminfrom
5. بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter him
6. مِنْminfrom
7. حُلِيِّهِمْḥuliyyihimtheir ornaments
8. عِجْلًۭاʿij'lana calf
9. جَسَدًۭاjasadanan image
10. لَّهُۥlahu[for] it
11. خُوَارٌ ۚkhuwārun(had) a lowing sound
12. أَلَمْalamDid not
13. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
14. أَنَّهُۥannahuthat it
15. لَاlā(could) not
16. يُكَلِّمُهُمْyukallimuhumspeak to them
17. وَلَاwalāand not
18. يَهْدِيهِمْyahdīhimguide them
19. سَبِيلًا ۘsabīlan(to) a way
20. ٱتَّخَذُوهُittakhadhūhuThey took it (for worship)
21. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
22. ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers