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Ayah 138
Surah Al-A'raaf
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.﴿138﴾
Translation
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.
Simplified Tafsir
وقطعنا ببني إسرائيل البحر، فمرُّوا على قوم يقيمون ويواظبون على عبادة أصنام لهم، قال بنو إسرائيل: اجعل لنا يا موسى صنمًا نعبده ونتخذه إلهًا، كما لهؤلاء القوم أصنام يعبدونها، قال موسى لهم: إنكم أيها القوم تجهلون عظمة الله، ولا تعلمون أن العبادة لا تنبغي إلا لله الواحد القهار.
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