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The cow of Baqarah

بقرة بني إسرائيل

The cow Moses' people questioned until its description grew narrow upon them: neither old nor young but middling, bright yellow, pleasing to beholders; they slaughtered it though they nearly did not, struck the dead man with part of it and he named his killer.

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Animals and mercy

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 2:67· Qur'an 2:68· Qur'an 2:69· Qur'an 2:70· Qur'an 2:71· Qur'an 2:72· Qur'an 2:73
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Musa

People and things also explored

The fish of al-Khidr· The Samiri's calf· Moses' serpent· al-Mujib — The Answerer· Fire· Herbs and vegetables· Rivers and springs· The shadow

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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The fish of al-Khidr

The fish Moses and his servant took for provision; at the rock it made its way into the sea in a tunnel — the sign of Moses' meeting with al-Khidr, which Satan made the servant forget to mention.