قَالَ بَصُرۡتُ بِمَا لَمۡ يَـبۡصُرُوۡا بِهٖ فَقَبَـضۡتُ قَبۡضَةً مِّنۡ اَثَرِ الرَّسُوۡلِ فَنَبَذۡتُهَا وَكَذٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتۡ لِىۡ نَفۡسِى
He said: ‘I saw what these people had not seen. I took a handful (of dust) from the footstep of the angel (that visited you); then I cast it (into the model of the calf) and this way my (lower) self made (it) attractive to me.’