Tafsir Muyassar
Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabiaقال بنو إسرائيل لموسى: ادع لنا ربك يوضح لنا صفات أخرى غير ما سبق; لأن البقر -بهذه الصفات- كثير فاشْتَبَهَ علينا ماذا نختار؟ وإننا -إن شاء الله- لمهتدون إلى البقرة المأمور بذبحها.
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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.
Al-Baqarah 2:70
Word by wordقَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ إِنَّ ٱلْبَقَرَ تَشَـٰبَهَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّآ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ
They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is. Indeed, [all] cows look alike to us. And indeed we, if Allāh wills, will be guided."
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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Ma'arif al-Qur'an
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Tafsir Muyassar
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Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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