يَسْـَٔلُكَ Ask you yasaluka (the) People ahlu (of) the Book l-kitābi that an you bring down tunazzila to them ʿalayhim a book kitāban from mina the heaven l-samāi Then indeed faqad they (had) asked sa-alū Musa mūsā greater akbara than min that dhālika for they said faqālū Show us arinā Allah l-laha manifestly jahratan so struck them fa-akhadhathumu the thunderbolt l-ṣāʿiqatu for their wrongdoing biẓul'mihim Then thumma they took ittakhadhū the calf (for worship) l-ʿij'la from min after baʿdi [what] mā came to them jāathumu the clear proofs l-bayinātu then We forgave them faʿafawnā for ʿan that dhālika And We gave waātaynā Musa mūsā an authority sul'ṭānan clear mubīnan
The People of the Scripture ask you to bring down to them a book from the heaven. But they had asked of Moses [even] greater than that and said, "Show us Allāh outright," so the thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the calf [for worship] after clear evidences had come to them, and We pardoned that. And We gave Moses a clear authority.