وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍۢ لَّهُمْ ۚ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَٰهًۭا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌۭ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌۭ تَجْهَلُونَ
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سُورَةُ الأَعۡرَافِ
English — Sahih International
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.
اردو — مودودی
بنی اسرائیل کو ہم نے سمندر سے گزار دیا، پھر وہ چلے اور راستے میں ایک ایسی قوم پر اُن کا گزر ہوا جو اپنے چند بتوں کی گرویدہ بنی ہوئی تھی کہنے لگے، "اے موسیٰؑ، ہمارے لیے بھی کوئی ایسا معبود بنا دے جیسے اِن لوگوں کے معبود ہیں" موسیٰؑ نے کہا "تم لوگ بڑی نادانی کی باتیں کرتے ہو
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Dan Kami seberangkan Bani Israil ke seberang lautan itu, maka setelah mereka sampai kepada suatu kaum yang tetap menyembah berhala mereka, Bani lsrail berkata: "Hai Musa. buatlah untuk kami sebuah tuhan (berhala) sebagaimana mereka mempunyai beberapa tuhan (berhala)". Musa menjawab: "Sesungguh-nya kamu ini adalah kaum yang tidak mengetahui (sifat-sifat Tuhan)".
Ibn Kathir
The Children of Israel safely cross the Sea, but still held on to the Idea of Idol Worshipping
Allah mentions the words that the ignorant ones among the Children of Israel uttered to Musa after they crossed the sea and witnessed Allah's Ayat and great power.
فَأَتَوْاْ عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَى أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ
(And they came upon a people devoted to some of their idols (in worship).) Some scholars of Tafsir said that the people mentioned here were from Canaan, or from the tribe of Lakhm. Ibn Jarir commented, "They were worshipping idols that they made in the shape of cows, and this influenced the Children of Israel later when they worshipped the calf. They said here,
يَمُوسَى اجْعَلْ لَّنَآ إِلَـهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ
("O Musa! Make for us a god as they have gods." He said: "Verily, you are an ignorant people.") Musa replied, you are ignorant of Allah's greatness and majesty and His purity from any partners or anything resembling Him.
إِنَّ هَـؤُلاءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ
("Verily, these people will be destroyed for that which they are engaged in) they will perish,
وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ
("and all that they are doing is in vain.") Commenting on this Ayah, Imam Abu Ja`far bin Jarir reported from Abu Waqid Al-Laythi that they (the Companions) went out from Makkah with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for (the battle of) Hunayn. Abu Waqid said, "Some of the disbelievers had a lote tree whose vicinity they used to remain in, and upon which they would hang their weapons on. That tree was called `Dhat Al-Anwat'. So when we passed by a huge, green lote tree, we said, `O Messenger of Allah! Appoint for us a Dhat Al-Anwat as they have.' He said,
«قُلْتُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ كَمَا قَالَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى لِمُوسَى:
(by He in Whose Hand is my soul! You said just as what the people of Musa said to him:
اجْعَلْ لَّنَآ إِلَـهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ
إِنَّ هَـؤُلآء مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَـطِلٌ مَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ-
( ("Make for us a god as they have gods." He said: "Verily, you are an ignorant people. Verily, these people will be destroyed for that which they are engaged in, and all that they are doing is in vain."))"
المُيَسَّر
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.