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13 Jumada al-awwal 1448 AH Saturday, 24 October 2026
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Al-A'raf 7:138

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وَجَـٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ ۚ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَـٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

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 [the Children of Israel] said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.

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يخبر تعالى عما قاله جهلة بني إسرائيل لموسى ، عليه السلام ، حين جاوزوا البحر ، وقد رأوا من آيات الله وعظيم سلطانه ما رأوا ، ( فأتوا ) أي : فمروا ( على قوم يعكفون على أصنام لهم ) قال بعض المفسرين : كانوا من الكنعانيين . وقيل : كانوا من لخم .قال ابن جريج : وكانوا يعبدون أصناما على صور البقر ، فلهذا أثار ذلك شبهة لهم في عبادتهم العجل بعد ذلك ، فقالوا : ( يا موسى اجعل لنا إلها كما لهم آلهة قال إنكم قوم تجهلون ) أي : تجهلون عظمة الله وجلاله ، وما يجب أن ينزه عنه من الشريك والمثيل .

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