He said, “I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful ˹of dust˺ from the hoof-prints of ˹the horse of˺ the messenger-angel ˹Gabriel˺ then cast it ˹on the moulded calf˺. This is what my lower-self tempted me into.”1
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ىبصروا
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Abū Jaʿfar
Ibn ʿĀmir
Nāfiʿ
Ḥamzah
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Khalaf
Abū ʿAmr
al-Kisāʾī
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Readings:
يَبۡصُرُوا
yabṣurū
“I saw something they did not”
This is conjugated in the third person plural, i.e. the Samiri was referring to the Israelites.
تَبۡصُرُوا
tabṣurū
“I saw something you (pl.) did not”
In this reading, the Samiri includes Moses (pbuh) in his point.
Explanation:
These readings convey the same meaning [al-Mahdawi].
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
Explanation:
These readings convey the same meaning [al-Mahdawi].