in moses absence his people manufactured a hollow sounding calf out of their ornaments. could they not see that it could not speak to them or provide them with any guidance? they gained only evil by worshipping the calf.
واتخذ قوم موسى من بعده من حليهم عجلا جسدا له خوار ألم يروا أنه لا يكلمهم ولا يهديهم سبيلا اتخذوه وكانوا ظالمين