the people of the book ask thee to cause a book to descend to them from heaven indeed they asked moses for an even greater for they said show us allah in public but they were dazed for their presumption with thunder and lightning. yet they worshipped the calf even after clear signs had come to them even so we forgave them and gave moses manifest proofs of authority.
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