Sura 4 An-Nisa (The Women), ayah 153

  1. يَسْأَلُكَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ أَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَابًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ۚ فَقَدْ سَأَلُوا مُوسَىٰ أَكْبَرَ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ فَقَالُوا أَرِنَا اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ ۚ ثُمَّ اتَّخَذُوا الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَنْ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَآتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ سُلْطَانًا مُبِينًا

    Translation by words

    يَسْـَٔلُكَ
    Ask you
    أَهْلُ
    (the) People
    ٱلْكِتَٰبِ
    (of) the Book
    أَن
    that
    تُنَزِّلَ
    you bring down
    عَلَيْهِمْ
    to them
    كِتَٰبًا
    a book
    مِّنَ
    from
    ٱلسَّمَآءِ
    the heaven.
    فَقَدْ
    Then indeed,
    سَأَلُوا۟
    they (had) asked
    مُوسَىٰٓ
    Musa
    أَكْبَرَ
    greater
    مِن
    than
    ذَٰلِكَ
    that
    فَقَالُوٓا۟
    for they said,
    أَرِنَا
    "Show us
    ٱللَّهَ
    Allah
    جَهْرَةً
    manifestly,"
    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ
    so struck them
    ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ
    the thunderbolt
    بِظُلْمِهِمْ
    for their wrongdoing.
    ثُمَّ
    Then
    ٱتَّخَذُوا۟
    they took
    ٱلْعِجْلَ
    the calf (for worship)
    مِنۢ
    from
    بَعْدِ
    after
    مَا
    [what]
    جَآءَتْهُمُ
    came to them
    ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ
    the clear proofs,
    فَعَفَوْنَا
    then We forgave them
    عَن
    for
    ذَٰلِكَ
    that.
    وَءَاتَيْنَا
    And We gave
    مُوسَىٰ
    Musa
    سُلْطَٰنًا
    an authority
    مُّبِينًا
    clear.

    The People of the Scripture ask you to bring down to them a book from the heaven. But they had asked of Moses (even) greater than that and said, "Show us Allah outright," so the thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the calf (for worship) after clear evidences had come to them, and We pardoned that. And We gave Moses a clear authority.

    4:153

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 4 An-Nisa (The Women)