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62. Surely, those who believe, and the Jews and the Christians and the Sabians, whoever have faith with true hearts in Allah and in the Last-day and do good deeds, their reward is with their Lord, and there shall he no fear for them nor any grief.

63. And when We took a covenant from you and raised high above you the mount Toor, hold firmly to what We give you, and remember what is therein, in the hope that you may become God-fearing.

64. Then you turned back thereafter, so if there had been no Grace of Allah and His mercy upon you, then you would have been among the losers.

65. And, undoubtedly, you surely know, those among you who rebelled in the matter of Saturday (Sabbath). So We said to them, "Be Apes, despised."

66. Thus, We made this event of that town a warning to those of the present and to those after them and a lesson to the God-fearing.

67. And when Moses said to his people, "Allah commands you to slaughter a cow". They said, "you make us a laughingstock". He said, "refuge of Allah, that I be among the ignorant".

68. They said, "pray to your Lord that He tell to us, what kind of the cow, is," he said, "says He, she is a cow, neither old nor immature, but in between both", so do what you are commanded.

69. They said, "Pray to your Lord that He tell to us what her colour is," he said, 'says He, she is a yellow cow, whose colour is intensely deep, delightful to the beholders.