فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍۢ سَمِينٍۢ
Faraagha ilaaa ahlihee fajaaa'a bi'ijlin sameen
Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf
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Lessons from past peoples
51:26Ayah 160
20 ayahs in Adh-Dhaariyat are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
← Previous on Lessons from past peoples51:25When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.Next on Lessons from past peoples →51:28And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.
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Then he went aside to his family secretly and brought a fat calf — in sūrat Hūd it is said a roasted calf Q. 1169 —
Related Hadiths
"Then he" meaning the Prophet on the Day of Sacrifice - "Went toward two Amlah rams and sacrificed them, then (he went toward) a small flock of sheep and distributed them among us." (Sahih )
From his father, that the Prophet (ﷺ) gave a Khutbah, then he descended and called for two rams and slaughtered them.
When the Prophet (ﷺ) returned to Medina, he would slaughter a camel or a cow.
We passed by Marr Az-Zahran
and
startled a rabbit. They chased it but got tired, so I chased it
and
caught it. I brought it to Abu Talhah who slaughtered it and sent
its
rump and thigh to the Prophet (ﷺ), who accepted it.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sacrificed a cow for his wives who had performed umrah.
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