| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 51 (2:51:8) | الْعِجْلَ | العجل | l-’icle | the calf | ع ج ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And remember We appointed forty nights for Moses(66), and in his absence ye took the calf (for worship), and ye did grievous wrong.* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 54 (2:54:11) | الْعِجْلَ | العجل | l’icle | the calf | ع ج ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And remember Moses said to his people: "O my people! Ye have indeed wronged yourselves by your worship of the calf: So turn (in repentance) to your Maker, and slay yourselves (the wrongdoers)(69); that will be better for you in the sight of your Maker." Then He turned towards you (in forgiveness): For He is Oft- Returning, Most Merciful.* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 92 (2:92:7) | الْعِجْلَ | العجل | l-’icle | the calf | ع ج ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | There came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet ye worshipped the calf (Even) after that, and ye did behave wrongfully. | |||||
| 4 | Al-Baqarah Verse 93 (2:93:18) | الْعِجْلَ | العجل | l-’icle | (love of) the calf | ع ج ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (the towering height) of Mount (Sinai): (Saying): "Hold firmly to what We have given you, and hearken (to the Law)(97)": They said:" We hear, and we disobey(98):" And they had to drink(99) into their hearts (of the taint) of the calf because of their Faithlessness. Say: "Vile indeed are the behests of your Faith if ye have any faith!"* | |||||
| 5 | An-Nisa Verse 153 (4:153:25) | الْعِجْلَ | العجل | l-’icle | the calf (for worship) | ع ج ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The people of the Book ask thee to cause a book to descend to them from heaven: Indeed they asked Moses for an even greater (miracle), for they said: "Show us Allah in public,"(657) but they were dazed for their presumption, with thunder and lightning. Yet they worshipped the calf even after clear signs had come to them; even so we forgave them; and gave Moses manifest proofs of authority.* | |||||
| 6 | Al-A'raf Verse 152 (7:152:0) | الْعِجْلَ | العجل | l-’icle | the calf | ع ج ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those who took the calf (for worship) will indeed be overwhelmed with wrath from their Lord, and with shame in this life:(1120) thus do We recompense those who invent (falsehoods).* | |||||