يَسْـَٔلُكَ Ask you أَهْلُ (the) People ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ (of) the Book أَن that تُنَزِّلَ you bring down عَلَيْهِمْ to them كِتَـٰبًۭا 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 جَهْرَةًۭ manifestly فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ so struck them ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ 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 ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ the clear proofs فَعَفَوْنَا then We forgave them عَن for ذَٰلِكَ ۚ that وَءَاتَيْنَا And We gave مُوسَىٰ Musa سُلْطَـٰنًۭا an authority مُّبِينًۭا clear ١٥٣
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 Allāh 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.
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