the people of the scripture challenge you to bring down to them a book from the sky. they had asked moses for something even greater. they said show us god plainly. the thunderbolt struck them for their wickedness. then they took the calf for worship even after the clear proofs had come to them. yet we pardoned that and we gave moses a clear 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