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65. And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath:
We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."
66. FajaAAalnaha nakalan lima bayna yadayha wama khalfaha wamawAAi
th
atan
lilmuttaqeen
a
66. So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity, and a lesson to
those who fear Allah.
67. Wa-ith qala moosa liqawmihi inna Allaha ya/murukum an tathbahoo baqaratan qaloo
atattakhithuna huzuwan qala aAAoothu biAllahi an akoona mina aljahileen
a
67. And remember Moses said to his people: "(Allah) commands that ye sacrifice a
heifer." They said: "Makest thou a laughing-stock of us?" He said: "(Allah) save me from
being an ignorant (fool)!"
68. Qaloo odAAu lana rabbaka yubayyin lana ma hiya qala innahu yaqoolu innaha
baqaratun la faridun wala bikrun AAawanun bayna thalika fa
i
fAAaloo ma tu/maroon
a
68. They said: "Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us what (heifer) it is!"
He said; "He says: The heifer should be neither too old nor too young, but of middling
age. Now do what ye are commanded!"
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