Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Baqara, Ayah 69

Al-Baqara · Ayah 69 · View Ayah
قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌۭ صَفْرَآءُ فَاقِعٌۭ لَّوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ ٱلنَّٰظِرِينَ
They said, "Call upon your Lord to show us what is her color." He said, "He says, 'It is a yellow cow, bright in color - pleasing to the observers.' "

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

They said ‘Pray to your Lord for us that He make clear to us what her colour may be’ He said ‘He says she shall be a golden cow bright in colour that is of a very intense yellow gladdening to beholders its beauty will please those that look at it.

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(They said: Pray for us unto your Lord that He make clear to us of what colour she is) what colour the cow is. ((Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Surely she is a yellow cow) her hoofs and horns are yellow while her body is black. (Bright is her colour) her colour is light, (gladdening beholders) pleasing those who look at her.

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