in the absence of moses his people prepared the image of a calf from their ornaments which gave out the mooing of a cow. yet they did not see it could neither speak to them nor guide them to the right path. even then they took it and did wrong.
واتخذ قوم موسى من بعده من حليهم عجلا جسدا له خوار ألم يروا أنه لا يكلمهم ولا يهديهم سبيلا اتخذوه وكانوا ظالمين