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Musa replied: 'Your Lord says: “Let the cow be yellow, a rich yellow
pleasing to the eye.' ”
'Call on your Lord,' they said, 'to make known to us the exact type of
cow she shall be; for to us cows look all alike. IfAllah wills, we shall be
rightly guided.'
Musa replied: 'Your Lord says: “Let her be a healthy cow, not worn
out with ploughing the earth or watering the field; a cow free from any
blemish.' ”
'Now you have told us the truth,' they answered. And they
slaughtered her, after they had been reluctant to do so.
And when you slew a man and then fell out with one another
concerning him, Allah made known what you concealed. We said:
'Strike him with a piece of it.' Thus Allah restores the dead to life and
shows youHis signs, that youmay grow in understanding.
Yet after that your hearts became as hard as rock or even harder, for
from some rocks rivers take their course: some break asunder and
water gushes from them; and others tumble down through fear of
Allah.Allah is not unaware of what you do.
Do you then hope that they will believe in you, when some of them
have already heard the Word of Allah and knowingly perverted it,
although they understood its meaning?
When they meet the faithful, they declare: 'We, too, are believers.'
But when alone, they say to each other: 'Must you preach to themwhat
Allah has revealed to you so that theymay dispute with you concerning
it in the Hereafter? Have you no sense? '
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THE COW