وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنٖٓی اِسْرَٓایٖٔلَ الْبَحْرَ فَاَتَوْا عَلٰى قَوْمٍ یَعْكُفُونَ عَلٰٓى اَصْنَامٍ لَهُمْۚ قَالُوا یَا مُوسَى اجْعَلْ لَنَٓا اِلٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ اٰلِهَةٌؕ قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ
Wajawazna bibanee israeela albahra faataw AAala qawmin yaAAkufoona AAala asnamin lahum qaloo ya moosa ijAAal lana ilahan kama lahum alihatun qala innakum qawmun tajhaloona
Translations
And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly
Saheeh International
And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and they came unto a people who were given up to idols which they had. They said: O Moses! Make for us a god even as they have gods. He said: Lo! ye are a folk who know not
Marmaduke Pickthall