He said: "We have put your people on trial in your absence; and Sameri has led them astray."
He said, “We have therefore tried your people after you came, and Samri has led them astray.”
Said He, 'We have tempted thy people since thou didst leave them. The Samaritan has misled them into error.'
Said He: "Then [know that], verily, in thy absence We have put thy people to a test, and the Samaritan has led them astray."
He said: verily We have tempted thy people after thee, and the Samiri hath led them astray.
(Allah) said: "Verily! We have tried your people in your absence, and As-Samiri has led them astray."
He said, “We have tested your people in your absence, and the Samarian misled them.”
Said He: "Verily We tested your people in your absence and the Samiri led them astray."
(Allah) said: "Verily, We have tried your people in your absence, and As-Samiri has led them astray."
He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri hath misled them.
He said, ‘Indeed We tried your people in your absence, and the Samiri has led them astray.’
He (Allah) said: 'We tempted your nation in your absence, and the Samaritan has misled them into error'
[Allah] said, "But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the Samiri has led them astray."
The Lord said, "We tested your people after you left them and the Samiri made them go astray."
He said: So surely We have tried your people after you, and the Samiri has led them astray.
Q<u>a</u>la fainn<u>a</u> qad fatann<u>a</u> qawmaka min baAAdika waa<u>d</u>allahumu a<b>l</b>ss<u>a</u>miriy<b>yu</b>
But God said, "We have tested your people in your absence. The Samiri has led them astray."
(Allah) said: "We have tested thy people in thy absence: the Samiri has led them astray."
قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ
Allah said: “I have tested your people whom you left behind through worship of the calf. Samiri called them to worshipping it and he has misguided them through this”.
Allah said: “I have tested your people whom you left behind through worship of the calf. Samiri called them to worshipping it and he has misguided them through this”.
<p>Who was Samiri?</p><p>Some people have said that Samiri was an Egyptian Copt who lived next door to Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) and had accepted the True Faith. When Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) took the Bani Isra'i out of Egypt he also joined the exodus. Others have said that he was the chief of one of the clans of Bani Isra'il called Samira which is still well-known in Syria. According to Sayyidna Said Ibn Jubair ؓ he was a Persian from the Kirman province. Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ says that he belonged to a nation of cow-worshippers who somehow reached Egypt and pretended to join the religion of Bani Isra'il whereas in actual fact he was an hypocrite (Qurtubi). Another version is that he was a Hindu from India who worshipped cows, adopted the religion of Sayyidna Musa Ali truly, and later returned to his infidel faith, or had accepted the true faith in hypocrisy. Samiri's name, as generally believed, was Musa Ibn Zafar. Ibn Jarir has related from Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ that Samiri was born in the year when under the orders of the Pharaoh all male Isra'ili children were to be killed. His mother, fearing the worst, put him in the hallow of a cave and covered its mouth. She would visit him from time to time and feed him as best as she could. On the other hand Allah appointed Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) to look after the child and provide him nourishment. Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) brought honey on one finger, butter on the second finger and milk on the third finger which he fed to the child. He lived in the cave until he grew to manhood and, as has already been narrated above, became an unbeliever, involved the Bani Isra'il in a great disaster and himself suffered a terrible fate as a punishment from Allah. A poet has made a reference to this story in the following two couplets:</p><p>اذا المرء لم یخلق سعیدا تحیَّت عقول مربّیہ و خاب المؤمل</p><p>فموسی الذی ربّاہ جبریل کافر و موسیٰ الذی ربّاہ فرعون مرسل</p><p>If a person is not fortunate in his birth then the minds of those who bring him up are bewildered and those who attach high hopes on him are disillusioned. Lo! The Musa whom Jibra'il brought up became an infidel and the Musa who was raised by the Pharaoh became the Prophet of Allah.</p>
Who was Samiri?Some people have said that Samiri was an Egyptian Copt who lived next door to Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) and had accepted the True Faith. When Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) took the Bani Isra'i out of Egypt he also joined the exodus. Others have said that he was the chief of one of the clans of Bani Isra'il called Samira which is still well-known in Syria. According to Sayyidna Said Ibn Jubair ؓ he was a Persian from the Kirman province. Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ says that he belonged to a nation of cow-worshippers who somehow reached Egypt and pretended to join the religion of Bani Isra'il whereas in actual fact he was an hypocrite (Qurtubi). Another version is that he was a Hindu from India who worshipped cows, adopted the religion of Sayyidna Musa Ali truly, and later returned to his infidel faith, or had accepted the true faith in hypocrisy. Samiri's name, as generally believed, was Musa Ibn Zafar. Ibn Jarir has related from Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ that Samiri was born in the year when under the orders of the Pharaoh all male Isra'ili children were to be killed. His mother, fearing the worst, put him in the hallow of a cave and covered its mouth. She would visit him from time to time and feed him as best as she could. On the other hand Allah appointed Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) to look after the child and provide him nourishment. Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) brought honey on one finger, butter on the second finger and milk on the third finger which he fed to the child. He lived in the cave until he grew to manhood and, as has already been narrated above, became an unbeliever, involved the Bani Isra'il in a great disaster and himself suffered a terrible fate as a punishment from Allah. A poet has made a reference to this story in the following two couplets:اذا المرء لم یخلق سعیدا تحیَّت عقول مربّیہ و خاب المؤملفموسی الذی ربّاہ جبریل کافر و موسیٰ الذی ربّاہ فرعون مرسلIf a person is not fortunate in his birth then the minds of those who bring him up are bewildered and those who attach high hopes on him are disillusioned. Lo! The Musa whom Jibra'il brought up became an infidel and the Musa who was raised by the Pharaoh became the Prophet of Allah.