قَالَ بَصُرۡتُ بِمَا لَمۡ يَبۡصُرُواْ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضۡتُ قَبۡضَةٗ مِّنۡ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذۡتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتۡ لِي نَفۡسِي ٩٦
Qāla baṣurtu bimā lam yabṣurū bihī faqabaḍtu qabḍatam min atharir-rasūli fanabadhtuhā wa kadhālika sawwalat lī nafsī.
He said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger1 and threw it,2 and thus did my soul entice me."
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (2)
- i.e., a hoof-print in the sand left by the angel Gabriel's horse.
- Into the fire upon the melted ornaments in order to form the calf.