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

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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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

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

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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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

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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

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˹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

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This is how We relate to you ˹O Prophet˺ some of the stories of the past. And We have certainly granted you a Reminder1 from Us.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Whoever turns away from it will surely bear the burden ˹of sin˺ on the Day of Judgment,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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