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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al-mizan an Exegesis of the Qur'an (volume One) Chapter 17 : 2:63-74 And when We took a promise from you and lifted the moun­tain over you ": "Take hold of what We have given you with firmness and bear in mind what is in it, so that you may guard (against evil)" (63). Then you turned back after that; so were it not for the grace of Allâh and His mercy on you, you would certainly have been among the losers (64) .

And certainly you have known those among you who exceeded the limits of the Sabbath, so We said to them: "Be apes, despised and hated" (65) . So We made them an example to those who witnessed it and those who came after it, and an admonition to those who guard (against evil) (66). And when Musâ said to his people: "Surely Allâh commands you that you should sacrifice a cow"; they said: "Do you ridicule us?" He said: "I seek the protection of Allâh from being one of the ignorants" (67).

They said: "Call on your Lord for our sake to make it plain to us what she is". Musâ said: "He says, Surely she is a cow neither advanced in age nor too young, of middle age between that (and this); do there­fore what you are commanded "(68). They said: "Call on your Lord for our sake to make it plain to us what her colour is." Musâ said: "He says, Surely she is a yellow cow; her colour is intensely yellow, giving delight to the beholders" (69).

They said: "Call on your Lord for our sake to make it plain to us what she is, for surely to us the cows are all alike, and if Allâh please we shall surely be guided aright" (70). Musâ said: "He says, Surely she is a cow not made submissive that she should plough the land, nor does she irrigate the tilth, sound, without a blemish in her." The said: `Now you have brought the truth;" so they sacrificed her, though they had not the mind to do (it) (71).

And when you killed a man, then you disagreed with respect to that, and Allâh was to bring forth that which you were going to hide (72). So, We said: "Strike the (dead body) with part of the (sacrificed cow)", thus Allâh brings the dead to life, and He shows you His signs so that you may understand (73) .