Tafsir of Ash-Shu`ara' 26:67-68

"Indeed in that is a sign, yet most of them were not to be believers. And indeed, your Lord—He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful."

Most of them did not take heed of it, nor did they believe in Allah. As for the Children of Israel—those who were the specific companions of Moses, whom He saved—they asked him for a cow to worship, they took the Calf [as a god], and they demanded to see Allah openly.

"And indeed, your Lord—He is the Exalted in Might," the Avenger against His enemies, "the Merciful," to His allies.

"And recite to them the news of Abraham, when he said to his father and his people, 'What do you worship?' They said, 'We worship idols and remain devoted to them.'"