2:61. And you said: "O Moses, we will not be patient to one type of food, so call for us your Rabb that He may bring forth what the earth grows of its beans, cucumbers, garlic, lentils, and onions." He said: "Would you trade that which is lowly with that which is good?" Descend Egypt, you will have in it what you have asked for. And they were stricken with humiliation and disgrace, and they remained under the wrath of Allah for they were disbelieving in the revelations of Allah, and killing the prophets without right; this is for what they have disobeyed and transgressed.*
2:62. Surely those who believe; and those who are Jewish, and the Nazarenes, and the Sabians, whoever of them believes in Allah and the Last Day and does works that benefit humanity; they will have their recompense with their Rabb, and there is no fear upon them, nor will they grieve.
2:63. And We took your covenant, and raised the mount above you: "Take what We have given you with strength, and remember what is in it that you may be righteous."
2:64. Then you turned away after this. And had it not been for the grace of Allah upon you and His mercy, you would have been of the losers.
2:65. You have come to know who it was among you that transgressed the Sabbath, We said to them: "Be you held in contempt like apes!"
[ 4:154.And We raised the mount above them by the covenant they took, and We said to them: "Enter the passageway by crouching." And We said to them: "Do not transgress the Sabbath;" and We took from them a solemn covenant.
7:163. And ask them about the town which was by the sea, after they had transgressed the Sabbath; their fish would come to them openly on the day of their Sabbath, and when they are not in Sabbath, they do not come to them! It is such that We afflicted them for what wickedness they were in.
16:124. Indeed, the Sabbath was only decreed for those who had disputed in it, and your Lord will judge between them for that in which they had disputed.
Persistent indiscipline is more befitting of an apish, rather than human mentality.
4:47. O you who have received the Book, believe in what We have sent down authenticating what is with you, before We cast down faces and turn them on their backs or curse them as the people of the Sabbath were cursed. And the will of God is always done.
4:154. And We raised the mount above them by the covenant they took, and We said to them: "Enter the passageway by crouching." And We said to them: "Do not transgress the Sabbath;" and We took from them a solemn covenant.
5:60. Say: "Shall I inform you of worse than this as a punishment from Allah? Those whom Allah cursed and became angry at them, and He made from them apes and pigs and servants of evil. Those have a worse place and are more astray from the right path."
NOTE:
Strangely enough, some ancient, and even modern commentators like Maududi, maintain that they were physically transformed into apes!]
2:66. So it was that We made it into an example for what had happened in it and also what had passed, and a reminder to the righteous.[Wa’z = Admonition that softens the hearts]
2:67. And Moses said to his people: "Allah orders you to slaughter a heifer." They said: "Do you mock us?" He said: "I seek refuge with Allah that I not be of the ignorant ones."
[Slaughter a cow to get rid of the Pharaoh’s pagan inclinations you carry in your hearts. That is what prompted you to worship the golden calf.
2:54.And Moses said to his people: "O my people, you have wronged your souls by taking the calf, so repent to your Maker, and kill yourselves. That is better for you with your Maker, so He would forgive you. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
7:152. Those who took the calf will be dealt with a wrath from their Rabb and a humiliation in this worldly life. It is such that We punish the fabricators.]
2:68. They said: "Call upon your Rabb for us that He may clarify which it is." He said: "He says it is a heifer neither too old nor too young, an age between that. So now do as you are commanded."
2:69. They said: "Call upon your Rabb for us that He may clarify what color it is." He said: "He says it is a yellow heifer with a strong color, pleasing to those who see it."
2:70 They said: "Call upon your Rabb for us that He may clarify which one it is, for the heifers all look alike to us and we will, Allah willing, be guided."
2:71. He said: "He says it is a heifer which was never subjugated to plough the land, or water the crops, free from any blemish." They said: "Now you have come with the truth." And they slaughtered it, though they had nearly not done so.
[They still adored cow-worship and the golden calf.*
2:93. And We took your covenant, and raised the mount above you: "Take what We have given you with strength, and listen." They said: "We hear and disobey!" And they had consumed the calf inside their hearts by their disbelief. Say: "Miserable indeed is what your belief orders of you if you are believers!"
5:101. O you who believe, do not ask about things which, if clarified, would harm you - and if you ask about them with the Qur'an being revealed, then they will become clear to you. Allah pardons for them, and Allah is Forgiving, Compassionate.]
2:72. And you had murdered a person, then disputed in the matter; Allah was to bring out what you were keeping secret.
2:73. We said: "Strike him with parts from it." It is thus that Allah brings the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you may comprehend.
2:74. Then your hearts became hardened after that, they became like stone or even harder; but even from stone there are rivers that burst forth, and from them are those that crack so that the water comes forth, and from them are what descends from concern towards Allah; and Allah is not unaware of what you do.
2:75. Did you expect that they would believe with you, when a group of them had heard the words of Allah then altered them knowingly after having understood?
2:76. And when they come across those who believe, they say: "We believe!" And when they are alone with each other they say: "Why do you inform them of what Allah has said to us? Then they would use it in argument against us at your Rabb. Do you not comprehend?"
2:77. Do they not know that Allah knows what they conceal and what they declare?
2:78. And among them are Gentiles who do not know the Book EXCEPT BY HEARSAY, and they only conjecture.
2:79. So woe to those who write the Book with their hands then say: "This is from Allah," so that they can purchase with it a cheap price! Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they gained.
2:80. And they said: "The Fire will not touch us except for a few number of days." Say: "Have you taken a pledge with Allah? If so, then Allah will not break His pledge. Or do you say about Allah what you do not know?
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