(O Beloved!) The People of the Book ask you to bring down to them a Book from heaven (completely inscribed in one go). They asked Musa (Moses) for something even greater than that; they said: ‘Show us Allah visibly (in Person).’ So owing to (their) transgression (i.e. this denigrating demand) a thunderbolt seized them. (They died and were later raised to life by Musa’s (Moses) prayer.) Then they adopted the calf (as their god) after the clear Signs (pointing to the Truth) had reached them. Then We overlooked this (sin) as well and bestowed upon Musa (Moses) a marked dominance over them.