o dear prophet the people given the book ask you to cause a book to be sent down on them from heaven – so they had asked something even greater from moosa for they said show allah to us clearly – so the thunder seized them on account of their sins then they chose the calf after clear signs had come to them then we forgave this and we bestowed moosa with a clear dominance.
يسألك أهل الكتاب أن تنزل عليهم كتابا من السماء فقد سألوا موسى أكبر من ذلك فقالوا أرنا الله جهرة فأخذتهم الصاعقة بظلمهم ثم اتخذوا العجل من بعد ما جاءتهم البينات فعفونا عن ذلك وآتينا موسى سلطانا مبينا