20:96 qaala baSurtu bimaa lam yabSuruu bihii fa qabaDtu qabDatam min atharir rasuuli fa nabadhtuhaa wa kadhaalika saw-walat liy nafsiy

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
He said, "I witnessed what the people did not witness - I therefore took a handful from the tracks * of the angel, then threw it ** - and this is what seemed pleasing to my soul" (* The marks left behind by the mount of Angel Jibreel. ** Into the mouth of the calf.)

Yusuf Ali:
He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust) from the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thus did my soul suggest to me."

Pickthal:
He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me.