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Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 68
قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌ عَوَانٌۢ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ فَٱفْعَلُوا۟ مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ
Q a loo odAAu lan a rabbaka yubayyin lan a m a hiya q a la innahu yaqoolu innah a baqaratun l a f a ri d un wal a bikrun AAaw a nun bayna tha lika fa i fAAaloo m a tumaroon a Said they: "Pray on our behalf unto thy Sustainer that He make clear to us what she is to be like." [Moses] replied: "Behold, He says it is to be a cow neither old nor immature, but of an age in-between. Do, then, what you have been bidden!"
- Mohammad Asad
"Request your Rabb," they said, "to give us some details of that cow". Musa replied: "Allah says, the cow should neither be too old nor too young but of middle age;" do, therefore, what you are commanded!
- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
They said, 'Call upon your Lord to clarify for us what type 'of cow' it should be!' He replied, 'Allah says, 'The cow should neither be old nor young but in between. So do as you are commanded!''
- Mustafa Khattab
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
They said: "Beseech on our behalf thy Lord to make plain to us what (heifer) it is! He said: "He says: The heifer should be neither too old nor too young but of middling age; now do what ye are commanded!.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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