George Sale, The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed A Preliminary Discource (1734)

answered, He saith, She is neither an old cow, nor a young heifer, but of a middle age between both: do ye therefore that which ye are commanded. They said, Pray for us unto thy Lord that he would shew us what colour she is of. Moses answered, He saith, She is a red cow ^a, intenkly red, her colour rejoiceth the beholders. They said, Pray for us unto thy Lord, that he would further shew us what cow it is, for several cows with us are like one another, and we, if God please, will be directed. Moses answered, He saith, She is a cow not broken to plough the earth, or water the field, a found one, there is no blemish to her. They said, Now hast thou brought the truth. Then they sacrificed her; yet they wanted but little of leaving it undone ^b. And when ye slew a man, and contended among your selves concerning him, God brought forth to light, that which ye concealed. For we said, Strike the dead body with part of the sacrificed cow ^c: so God raiseth the dead to life, and sheweth you his signs, that peradventure ye may understand. Then were your hearts hardened after this, even as stones, or exceeding them in hardness: for from some stones have rivers bursted forth, others have been rent in sunder, and water hath issued from them, and others have fallen down for fear of God. But God is not regardless of that which ye do. Do ye therefore desire that the Jews should believe you? yet a part of them heard the word of God, and then, perverted it, after they had understood it, against their own conscience. And when they meet the true believers, they say, We believe: but when they are privately assembled together, they say, Will ye acquaint them with what God hath revealed unto you, that they may dispute with you concerning it in the presence of your Lord? Do ye not therefore