Tafsir of Surah Taa-Haa 20:88

﴿فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا هَٰذَا إِلَٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِيَ﴾

Translation of the meaning

And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."

English Translation - Noor International Center — v1.1.2 · QuranEnc.com

The words of the two imams are given in their original Arabic, verbatim, with references.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

كأنه عجل مصمت لا جوف له.«مجموع الفتاوى» 5/219
والمقصود: أن ما أخرجه كان جسدا مصمتا لا روح فيه حتى تبين نقصه وأنه كان مسلوب الحياة والحركة.«مجموع الفتاوى» 5/219
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