Maarif-ul-Quran (En) - Al-Baqara : 68
قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ یُبَیِّنْ لَّنَا مَا هِیَ١ؕ قَالَ اِنَّهٗ یَقُوْلُ اِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا فَارِضٌ وَّ لَا بِكْرٌ١ؕ عَوَانٌۢ بَیْنَ ذٰلِكَ١ؕ فَافْعَلُوْا مَا تُؤْمَرُوْنَ
They said, 'Pray for us to your Lord that He makes it clear to us what sort she be." He said, 'He says she be - a cow neither too old, nor too young - of some middle age in between. Now, do what you are being asked to do.
These Verses show how the Israelites were disposed to disobedience, and how this inclination expressed itself in different forms. The Hadith says that if these people had obeyed Allah's commandment without raising so many doubts and asking unnecessary questions, such strict condition would not have been imposed on them, and the sacrifice of any cow whatsoever would have been accepted.
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