Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 148·Makkī

148

مُوسَىٰ مِنۢ مِنْ لَّهُۥ أَلَمْ أَنَّهُۥ لَا وَلَا ﴿١٤٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship], and they were wrongdoers.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

گوسالة سامری

کلمةٌ «خوار» به معنای صدای مخصوصی است که از گاو یا گوساله برمی‌خیزد. جمعی از مفسران معتقدند که سامری با اطلاعاتی که داشت. لوله‌های مخصوصی در درون سینةٌ گوسالةٌ طلایی کار گذاشته بود که هوایی فشرده از آن خارج می‌شد و از دهان گوساله» صدایی شبیه صدای گاو بیرون می‌آمد. بعضی دیگر می‌گویند: گوساله را چنان در مسیر باد گذاشته بود که بر اثر وزش باد به دهان او که به شکل مخصوصی ساخته شده بودء صدایی به گوش می‌رسید. اما این که جمعی از مفسران گفته‌اند که گوسالة سامری به خاطر قدری خاک که سامری از زیر پای جبرئیل برداشته و در آن ریخته بودء به صورت گوسالةٌ زنده‌ای درآمد و صدای طبیعی داشتء» مطلبی است که شاهدی در قرآن ندارد و کلمة «جسداً» گواه بر این است که حیوان زنده‌ای نبوده؛ بلکه جسدی بی‌جان بوده است. به هر حال, سامری با اطلاع از این که قوم موسی سال‌ها در محرومیت به سر برده‌اند و روح مادی‌گری نیز بر آنها غلبه دارد و برای زر و زیور احترام زیادی قائل‌اند» گوسالة خود را از طلا ساخت تا توجه شیفتگان و بردگان را به آن جلب کند. > **پانوشت صفحه (منابع):** > - نمونه چ۶» ص ۲۶۳ ۲ پیشینء ص ۲۶۳ ۳ پیشینء ص ۲۶۴ > ۴ پیشین» ص ۳۷۱ > ۲- پیشین. ص۳۶۳ > ٣- بیشین، ص ٣ء٣ > **Cited sources** (grade before any load-bearing use): Tafsīr Nemūneh.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 13 roots in 14 of 22 words

Rarest here: خ-و-ر 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 26 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Iqlāb6
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

22 words · 88 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 148 of 206

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَ

    And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."

  • وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    And Moses had certainly brought you clear proofs. Then you took the calf [in worship] after that, while you were wrongdoers.

  • وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنَّكُمْ ظَلَمْتُمْ أَنفُسَكُم بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ فَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ بَارِئِكُمْ فَٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ عِندَ بَارِئِكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "O my people, indeed you have wronged yourselves by your taking of the calf [for worship]. So repent to your Creator and kill…

  • يَسْـَٔلُكَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَن تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَٰبًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَقَدْ سَأَلُوا۟ مُوسَىٰٓ أَكْبَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَرِنَا ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَن ذَٰلِكَ وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ سُلْطَٰنًا مُّبِينًا

    The People of the Scripture ask you to bring down to them a book from the heaven. But they had asked of Moses [even] greater than that and said, "Show us Allah outright," so the…

  • وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا۟ بَقَرَةً قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًا قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِٱللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

    And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "Indeed, Allah commands you to slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you take us in ridicule?" He said, "I seek refuge in Allah from being…

  • ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِم مُّوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

    Then We sent after them Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his establishment with Our signs, but they behaved arrogantly and were a criminal people

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Taa-Haa 20:883 shared roots

    فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَ

    خ-و-رج-س-دع-ج-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:924 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    ع-ج-لب-ع-دأ-خ-ذظ-ل-م

  • Taa-Haa 20:832 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    ع-ج-لق-و-م

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:82 shared roots

    وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰلِدِينَ

    ج-س-دك-و-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:514 shared roots

    وَإِذْ وَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    ع-ج-لب-ع-دأ-خ-ذظ-ل-م

  • Ash-Shura 42:413 shared roots

    وَلَمَنِ ٱنتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِم مِّن سَبِيلٍ

    س-ب-لب-ع-دظ-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:148?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:148 include Quran 20:88 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 2:92 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 2:54 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 4:153 (Surah An-Nisaa). For example, 20:88 reads: “And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 7:148 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:148 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship], and they were wrongdoers.”

Which surah is verse 7:148 in?

Quran 7:148 is āyah 148 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 7:148?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 7:148 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:148?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:148 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.