Verse 89
Ta-Ha • makkah
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فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَ
2:52, 93; 4:154; 7:149.
Important Words:
خوار (lowing sound) is infinitive-noun from خار.They sayخار البقر i.e. the cow made a lowing sound, it bellowed. خور(khawira) means, it became weak and enfeebled; it broke. خوار signifies the loud crying (i.e. the lowing or bellowing) of a cow and of a calf; and the crying (i.e. bleating) of sheep, or that of goats and gazelles, and of any beast and the whizzing of arrow. They say له صوت کخوار الثور i.e. he has a voice like the bellowing of the bull (Aqrab, Lane & Mufradat).
فنسی (so he gave up) means, he forgot or he abandoned or gave up or ceased acting (Aqrab & Mufradat). See also 5:14 & 9:67.
Commentary:
The Israelites had lived in Egypt under bondage for a long time and during their bondage they had acquired many of the customs, ways of life and religious rites of their rulers, the Egyptians, who worshipped the cow (Enc. Rel.& Ethics, vol. 1, p. 507). In this way they had also developed a great liking for the cow, and taking advantage of Moses’ absence Samiri led them into cow-worship.
2:52, 93; 4:154; 7:149.
The Israelites had lived in Egypt under bondage for a long time and during their bondage they had adopted many of the customs, ways of life and religious rites of their rulers, the Egyptians, who worshipped the cow (Enc. Rel. & Ethics, vol. I, p. 507). In this way they had developed a great liking for the cow, and taking advantage of Moses’s absence the Samiri led them into cow-worship.