قَالُواْ
لَن
نَّبۡرَحَ
عَلَيۡهِ
عَٰكِفِينَ
حَتَّىٰ
يَرۡجِعَ
إِلَيۡنَا
مُوسَىٰ
٩١

They replied, “We will not cease to worship it until Moses returns to us.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:92

قَالَ

يَٰهَٰرُونُ

مَا

مَنَعَكَ

إِذۡ

رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ

ضَلُّوٓاْ

٩٢

Moses scolded ˹his brother˺, “O Aaron! What prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:93

أَلَّا

تَتَّبِعَنِۖ

أَفَعَصَيۡتَ

أَمۡرِي

٩٣

from following after me? How could you disobey my orders?”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:94

قَالَ

يَبۡنَؤُمَّ

لَا

تَأۡخُذۡ

بِلِحۡيَتِي

وَلَا

بِرَأۡسِيٓۖ

إِنِّي

خَشِيتُ

أَن

تَقُولَ

فَرَّقۡتَ

بَيۡنَ

بَنِيٓ

إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

وَلَمۡ

تَرۡقُبۡ

قَوۡلِي

٩٤

Aaron pleaded, “O son of my mother! Do not seize me by my beard or ˹the hair of˺ my head. I really feared that you would say, ‘You have caused division among the Children of Israel, and did not observe my word.’”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:95

قَالَ

فَمَا

خَطۡبُكَ

يَٰسَٰمِرِيُّ

٩٥

Moses then asked, “What did you think you were doing, O Sâmiri?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:96

قَالَ

بَصُرۡتُ

بِمَا

لَمۡ

يَبۡصُرُواْ

بِهِۦ

فَقَبَضۡتُ

قَبۡضَةٗ

مِّنۡ

أَثَرِ

ٱلرَّسُولِ

فَنَبَذۡتُهَا

وَكَذَٰلِكَ

سَوَّلَتۡ

لِي

نَفۡسِي

٩٦

He said, “I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful ˹of dust˺ from the hoof-prints of ˹the horse of˺ the messenger-angel ˹Gabriel˺ then cast it ˹on the moulded calf˺. This is what my lower-self tempted me into.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:97

قَالَ

فَٱذۡهَبۡ

فَإِنَّ

لَكَ

فِي

ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ

أَن

تَقُولَ

لَا

مِسَاسَۖ

وَإِنَّ

لَكَ

مَوۡعِدٗا

لَّن

تُخۡلَفَهُۥۖ

وَٱنظُرۡ

إِلَىٰٓ

إِلَٰهِكَ

ٱلَّذِي

ظَلۡتَ

عَلَيۡهِ

عَاكِفٗاۖ

لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ

ثُمَّ

لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ

فِي

ٱلۡيَمِّ

نَسۡفًا

٩٧

Moses said, “Go away then! And for ˹the rest of your˺ life you will surely be crying, ‘Do not touch ˹me˺!’¹ Then you will certainly have a fate² that you cannot escape. Now look at your god to which you have been devoted: we will burn it up, then scatter it in the sea completely.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:98

إِنَّمَآ

إِلَٰهُكُمُ

ٱللَّهُ

ٱلَّذِي

لَآ

إِلَٰهَ

إِلَّا

هُوَۚ

وَسِعَ

كُلَّ

شَيۡءٍ

عِلۡمٗا

٩٨

˹Then Moses addressed his people,˺ “Your only god is Allah, there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. He encompasses everything in ˹His˺ knowledge.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:99