فَأَخْرَجَ Then he brought forth لَهُمْ for them عِجْلًۭا a calf's جَسَدًۭا body لَّهُۥ it had خُوَارٌۭ a lowing sound فَقَالُوا۟ and they said هَـٰذَآ This إِلَـٰهُكُمْ (is) your god وَإِلَـٰهُ and the god مُوسَىٰ (of) Musa فَنَسِىَ but he forgot ٨٨
And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."
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أَفَلَا Then, did not يَرَوْنَ they see أَلَّا that not يَرْجِعُ it (could) return إِلَيْهِمْ to them قَوْلًۭا a word وَلَا and not يَمْلِكُ possess لَهُمْ for them ضَرًّۭا any harm وَلَا and not نَفْعًۭا any benefit ٨٩
Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech [i.e., response] and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?
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وَلَقَدْ And verily قَالَ (had) said لَهُمْ to them هَـٰرُونُ Harun مِن before قَبْلُ before يَـٰقَوْمِ O my people إِنَّمَا Only فُتِنتُم you are being tested بِهِۦ ۖ by it وَإِنَّ and indeed رَبَّكُمُ your Lord ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ (is) the Most Gracious فَٱتَّبِعُونِى so follow me وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ and obey أَمْرِى my order ٩٠
And Aaron had already told them before [the return of Moses], "O my people, you are only being tested by it, and indeed, your Lord is the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my order."
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قَالُوا۟ They said لَن Never نَّبْرَحَ we will cease عَلَيْهِ being devoted to it عَـٰكِفِينَ being devoted to it حَتَّىٰ until يَرْجِعَ returns إِلَيْنَا to us مُوسَىٰ Musa ٩١
They said, "We will never cease being devoted to it [i.e., the calf] until Moses returns to us."
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قَالَ He said يَـٰهَـٰرُونُ O Harun مَا What مَنَعَكَ prevented you إِذْ when رَأَيْتَهُمْ you saw them ضَلُّوٓا۟ going astray ٩٢
[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,
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أَلَّا That not تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ you follow me أَفَعَصَيْتَ Then, have you disobeyed أَمْرِى my order ٩٣
From following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?"
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قَالَ He said يَبْنَؤُمَّ O son of my mother لَا (Do) not تَأْخُذْ seize (me) بِلِحْيَتِى by my beard وَلَا and not بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ by my head إِنِّى Indeed, I خَشِيتُ [I] feared أَن that تَقُولَ you would say فَرَّقْتَ You caused division بَيْنَ between بَنِىٓ (the) Children of Israel إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ (the) Children of Israel وَلَمْ and not تَرْقُبْ you respect قَوْلِى my word ٩٤
[Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.'"
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قَالَ He said فَمَا Then what خَطْبُكَ (is) your case يَـٰسَـٰمِرِىُّ O Samiri ٩٥
[Moses] said, "And what is your case, O Sāmirī?"
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قَالَ He said بَصُرْتُ I perceived بِمَا what لَمْ not يَبْصُرُوا۟ they perceive بِهِۦ in it فَقَبَضْتُ so I took قَبْضَةًۭ a handful مِّنْ from أَثَرِ (the) track ٱلرَّسُولِ (of) the Messenger فَنَبَذْتُهَا then threw it وَكَذَٰلِكَ and thus سَوَّلَتْ suggested لِى to me نَفْسِى my soul ٩٦
He said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger and threw it, and thus did my soul entice me."
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قَالَ He said فَٱذْهَبْ Then go فَإِنَّ And indeed لَكَ for you فِى in ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ the life أَن that تَقُولَ you will say لَا (Do) not مِسَاسَ ۖ touch وَإِنَّ And indeed لَكَ for you مَوْعِدًۭا (is) an appointment لَّن never تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖ you will fail to (keep) it وَٱنظُرْ And look إِلَىٰٓ at إِلَـٰهِكَ your god ٱلَّذِى that which ظَلْتَ you have remained عَلَيْهِ to it عَاكِفًۭا ۖ devoted لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ Surely we will burn it ثُمَّ then لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ certainly we will scatter it فِى in ٱلْيَمِّ the sea نَسْفًا (in) particles ٩٧
[Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it [i.e., its ashes] into the sea with a blast.
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إِنَّمَآ Only إِلَـٰهُكُمُ your God ٱللَّهُ (is) Allah ٱلَّذِى the One لَآ (there is) no إِلَـٰهَ god إِلَّا but هُوَ ۚ He وَسِعَ He has encompassed كُلَّ all شَىْءٍ things عِلْمًۭا (in) knowledge ٩٨
Your god is only Allāh, except for whom there is no deity. He has encompassed all things in knowledge."
— Come To Light
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