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quran:2:70 –

They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is. Indeed, ˹all˺ cows look alike to us. And indeed we, if Allah wills, will be guided."  

They said, ‘Pray to your Lord for us, that He make clear to us what she may be: does it graze freely or is it used in labour?; the cows (that is, the species described in the way mentioned), are all alike to us, because there are many of them and we have not been able to find the one sought after; and if God wills, we shall then be guided’ to it. In one hadīth ˹it is reported˺: ‘Had they not uttered the proviso ˹inshā’a Llāh˺, it would never have been made clear to them’.
القرآن:٢:٧٠ –

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَ إِنَّ الْبَقَرَ تَشَابَهَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ  

{قالوا ادع لنا ربك يبين لنا ما هي} أسائمة أم عاملة {إن البقر} أي جنسه المنعوت بما ذكر {تشابه علينا} لكثرته فلم نهتد إلى المقصودة {وإنا إن شاء الله لمهتدون} إليها وفي الحديث (لو لم يستثنوا لما بينت لهم لآخر الأبد).

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