الْبَقَرَةِ

Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 68

The Cow · Medinan · 286 ayahs

2:68

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ یُبَیِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِیَؕ قَالَ اِنَّهُ یَقُولُ اِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌؕ عَوَانٌ بَیْنَ ذٰلِكَؕ فَافْعَلُوا مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbaka yubayyin lana ma hiya qala innahu yaqoolu innaha baqaratun la faridun wala bikrun AAawanun bayna thalika faifAAaloo ma tumaroona

Translations

They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[Allah] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are commanded

Saheeh International

They said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us what (cow) she is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith, Verily she is a cow neither with calf nor immature; (she is) between the two conditions; so do that which ye are commanded

Marmaduke Pickthall