Translation of the meanings Ayah 148 Surah Al-A‘rāf - English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 148

وَٱتَّخَذَ قَوۡمُ مُوسَىٰ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ مِنۡ حُلِيِّهِمۡ عِجۡلٗا جَسَدٗا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌۚ أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّهُۥ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمۡ وَلَا يَهۡدِيهِمۡ سَبِيلًاۘ ٱتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُواْ ظَٰلِمِينَ

In his absence, the people of Moses took for worship an image of calf made from their jewelry that made a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor could it guide them^[50] to any [straight] way? Yet they took it for worship and they were wrongdoers.

[50] This mere body even lacked the basic attributes of being a god, as it was unable to speak to them or benefit them.