[1766] When Moses (عليه السلام) was gone for forty nights for his appointment with God, his people sculptured out of their jewellery a calf that produced a bellowing sound and worshipped it: “And ˹remember˺ when We appointed forty nights for Moses, and then when he was away you took up ˹worshipping˺ the calf—you were unjust” (2: 51).
[1767] This mere body even lacked the most basic attributes of being a god (cf. Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā, 13/242): “How did they not see that it could not give them any response and had no power to harm or benefit them?” (20: 89)
[1768] “˹Remember˺ When Moses said to his people: “My people, you have done yourselves injustice by taking the calf ˹as an idol˺…” (2: 54).