The Quran

سورة البَقَرَة

Surah Al-Baqarah 2:92

The Cow · Verse 92 of 286

وَلَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ مُوسَىٰ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَأَنْتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Moses did come to you with clear arguments yet you took to the (worship of) the calf in his absence and you were not justified in doing so.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

There came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet ye worshipped the calf (Even) after that, and ye did behave wrongfully.

Ali Unal

Assuredly, Moses came to you with the clear proofs of the truth. Then however, very soon after he left you, you adopted the calf as deity, proving yourselves to be wrongdoers (who were continually committing such sins as breaking your covenants with God and serving false deities in His place).

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Daryabadi

And assuredly Musa came unto you with evidence, then ye betook the calf after him, and ye were wrong-doers.

Faridul Haque

And indeed Moosa came to you with clear signs, and after it you worshipped the calf - and you were unjust.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And Moses indeed came to you with clear arguments, then you took the calf (for a god) in his absence and you were wrongdoers.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And Moses came to you with manifest Signs, then you took the calf for worship in his absence, and you were transgressors.

Muhammad Asad

And indeed, there came unto you Moses with all evidence of the truth - and thereupon in his absence, you took to worshipping the (golden] calf, and acted wickedly.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And indeed Musa (Moses) came to you with clear proofs, yet you worshipped the calf after he left, and you were Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers).

Muhammad Pickthall

And Moses came unto you with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), yet, while he was away, ye chose the calf (for worship) and ye were wrong-doers.

Muhammad Sarwar

(Moses) brought you certain miracles. Not very long after, you began worshipping the calf which was nothing but senseless cruelty to yourselves.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And most certainly Musa came to you with clear arguments, then you took the calf (for a god) in his absence and you were unjust.

Rashad Khalifa

Moses went to you with profound miracles, yet you worshipped the calf in his absence, and you turned wicked.

Shabbir Ahmed

Moses came to you with all evidence of the truth, yet you worshiped the golden calf in his absence! You did, thus, exchange the Right with the Wrong and hurt yourselves.