Message of the Holy Quran — Page 284
~ 284 ~ idolatry, then you took the calf for worship in his absence and you were transgressors. 2:52 suffered cruelties, And remember the time when We delivered you from Phar- aoh's people who afflicted you with grievous torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women… 7:142 trans- gressions of ¬ , And surely, you have known the end of those amongst you, who transgressed in the mat- ter of the Sabbath. So We said to them, 'Be ye apes, des- pised. ' 2:66 So, because of their breaking their covenant, We have cursed them and have hard- ened their hearts. They per- vert the words from their p roper places and have for- gotten a good part of that with which they were ex- horted. And thou wilt not cease to discover treachery on their part, except a few of them…. 5:14 Istaw a : He is the Gracious God Who has settled Himself firmly on the Throne. 20:6 And when he reached his age of full strength and at- tained maturity, We be- stowed wisdom and knowledge upon him; and thus do We reward those who do good. 28:15