Sura 7 Al-A'raf (The Heights), ayah 138

  1. وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰ أَصْنَامٍ لَهُمْ ۚ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى اجْعَلْ لَنَا إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

    Translation by words

    وَجَٰوَزْنَا
    And We led across
    بِبَنِىٓ
    (the) Children
    إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
    (of) Israel
    ٱلْبَحْرَ
    the sea.
    فَأَتَوْا۟
    Then they came
    عَلَىٰ
    upon
    قَوْمٍ
    a people
    يَعْكُفُونَ
    devoted
    عَلَىٰٓ
    to
    أَصْنَامٍ
    idols
    لَّهُمْ
    of theirs.
    قَالُوا۟
    They said,
    يَٰمُوسَى
    "O Musa!
    ٱجْعَل
    Make
    لَّنَآ
    for us
    إِلَٰهًا
    a god
    كَمَا
    like what
    لَهُمْ
    they have
    ءَالِهَةٌ
    gods.
    قَالَ
    He said,
    إِنَّكُمْ
    "Indeed, you
    قَوْمٌ
    (are) a people
    تَجْهَلُونَ
    ignorant.

    And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to (some) idols of theirs. They said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.

    7:138

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 7 Al-A'raf (The Heights)