كُلُواْ
مِن
طَيِّبَٰتِ
مَا
رَزَقۡنَٰكُمۡ
وَلَا
تَطۡغَوۡاْ
فِيهِ
فَيَحِلَّ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
غَضَبِيۖ
وَمَن
يَحۡلِلۡ
عَلَيۡهِ
غَضَبِي
فَقَدۡ
هَوَىٰ
٨١

˹saying,˺ “Eat from the good things We have provided for you, but do not transgress in them, or My wrath will befall you. And whoever My wrath befalls is certainly doomed.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:82

وَإِنِّي

لَغَفَّارٞ

لِّمَن

تَابَ

وَءَامَنَ

وَعَمِلَ

صَٰلِحٗا

ثُمَّ

ٱهۡتَدَىٰ

٨٢

But I am truly Most Forgiving to whoever repents, believes, and does good, then persists on ˹true˺ guidance.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:83

۞ وَمَآ

أَعۡجَلَكَ

عَن

قَوۡمِكَ

يَٰمُوسَىٰ

٨٣

˹Allah asked,˺ “Why have you come with such haste ahead of your people, O Moses?”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:84

قَالَ

هُمۡ

أُوْلَآءِ

عَلَىٰٓ

أَثَرِي

وَعَجِلۡتُ

إِلَيۡكَ

رَبِّ

لِتَرۡضَىٰ

٨٤

He replied, “They are close on my tracks. And I have hastened to You, my Lord, so You will be pleased.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:85

قَالَ

فَإِنَّا

قَدۡ

فَتَنَّا

قَوۡمَكَ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِكَ

وَأَضَلَّهُمُ

ٱلسَّامِرِيُّ

٨٥

Allah responded, “We have indeed tested your people in your absence, and the Sâmiri¹ has led them astray.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:86

فَرَجَعَ

مُوسَىٰٓ

إِلَىٰ

قَوۡمِهِۦ

غَضۡبَٰنَ

أَسِفٗاۚ

قَالَ

يَٰقَوۡمِ

أَلَمۡ

يَعِدۡكُمۡ

رَبُّكُمۡ

وَعۡدًا

حَسَنًاۚ

أَفَطَالَ

عَلَيۡكُمُ

ٱلۡعَهۡدُ

أَمۡ

أَرَدتُّمۡ

أَن

يَحِلَّ

عَلَيۡكُمۡ

غَضَبٞ

مِّن

رَّبِّكُمۡ

فَأَخۡلَفۡتُم

مَّوۡعِدِي

٨٦

So Moses returned to his people, furious and sorrowful. He said, “O my people! Had your Lord not made you a good promise?¹ Has my absence been too long for you? Or have you wished for wrath from your Lord to befall you, so you broke your promise to me?”²

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:87

قَالُواْ

مَآ

أَخۡلَفۡنَا

مَوۡعِدَكَ

بِمَلۡكِنَا

وَلَٰكِنَّا

حُمِّلۡنَآ

أَوۡزَارٗا

مِّن

زِينَةِ

ٱلۡقَوۡمِ

فَقَذَفۡنَٰهَا

فَكَذَٰلِكَ

أَلۡقَى

ٱلسَّامِرِيُّ

٨٧

They argued, “We did not break our promise to you of our own free will, but we were made to carry the burden of the people’s ˹golden˺ jewellery,¹ then we threw it ˹into the fire˺, and so did the Sâmiri.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:88

فَأَخۡرَجَ

لَهُمۡ

عِجۡلٗا

جَسَدٗا

لَّهُۥ

خُوَارٞ

فَقَالُواْ

هَٰذَآ

إِلَٰهُكُمۡ

وَإِلَٰهُ

مُوسَىٰ

فَنَسِيَ

٨٨

Then he moulded for them an idol of a calf that made a lowing sound. They said, “This is your god and the god of Moses, but Moses forgot ˹where it was˺!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:89

أَفَلَا

يَرَوۡنَ

أَلَّا

يَرۡجِعُ

إِلَيۡهِمۡ

قَوۡلٗا

وَلَا

يَمۡلِكُ

لَهُمۡ

ضَرّٗا

وَلَا

نَفۡعٗا

٨٩

Did they not see that it did not respond to them, nor could it protect or benefit them?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

20:90

وَلَقَدۡ

قَالَ

لَهُمۡ

هَٰرُونُ

مِن

قَبۡلُ

يَٰقَوۡمِ

إِنَّمَا

فُتِنتُم

بِهِۦۖ

وَإِنَّ

رَبَّكُمُ

ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ

فَٱتَّبِعُونِي

وَأَطِيعُوٓاْ

أَمۡرِي

٩٠

Aaron had already warned them beforehand, “O my people! You are only being tested by this, for indeed your ˹one true˺ Lord is the Most Compassionate. So follow me and obey my orders.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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