كُلُوْا مِنْ طَیِّبٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنٰكُمْ وَ لَا تَطْغَوْا فِیْهِ فَیَحِلَّ عَلَیْكُمْ غَضَبِیْ ۚ وَ مَنْ یَّحْلِلْ عَلَیْهِ غَضَبِیْ فَقَدْ هَوٰی۝۸۱

(And said): "Eat of the good things We have given you for food, and do not exceed the bounds (of law) in this, or My wrath will surely fall upon you; and he who incurs My wrath will fall into the abyss.

وَ اِنِّیْ لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَنْ تَابَ وَ اٰمَنَ وَ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اهْتَدٰی۝۸۲

Yet I am gracious to him who repents and believes, and does the right, and follows the straight path.

وَ مَاۤ اَعْجَلَكَ عَنْ قَوْمِكَ یٰمُوْسٰی۝۸۳

What made you hurry away, O Moses, from your people?"

قَالَ هُمْ اُولَآءِ عَلٰۤی اَثَرِیْ وَ عَجِلْتُ اِلَیْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضٰی۝۸۴

He said: "They are right behind me. I have hastened to You, O Lord, so that You may be pleased."

قَالَ فَاِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِكَ وَ اَضَلَّهُمُ السَّامِرِیُّ۝۸۵

He said: "We have put your people on trial in your absence; and Sameri has led them astray."

فَرَجَعَ مُوْسٰۤی اِلٰی قَوْمِهٖ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفًا ۚ۬ قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ اَلَمْ یَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ؕ۬ اَفَطَالَ عَلَیْكُمُ الْعَهْدُ اَمْ اَرَدْتُّمْ اَنْ یَّحِلَّ عَلَیْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ فَاَخْلَفْتُمْ مَّوْعِدِیْ۝۸۶

So Moses returned to his people full of anger and regret. "O my people," he said, "did not your Lord make you a better promise? Did the time of covenant seem too long to you? Or did you wish the wrath of your Lord to fall upon you that you broke the promise you had made to me?"

قَالُوْا مَاۤ اَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَ لٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَاۤ اَوْزَارًا مِّنْ زِیْنَةِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنٰهَا فَكَذٰلِكَ اَلْقَی السَّامِرِیُّۙ۝۸۷

They said: "We did not break our promise to you of our own will, but we were made to carry the loads of ornaments belonging to the people, which we threw (into the fire), and so did Sameri.

فَاَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهٗ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوْا هٰذَاۤ اِلٰهُكُمْ وَ اِلٰهُ مُوْسٰی ۬ فَنَسِیَؕ۝۸۸

Then he produced the image of a calf which mooed like a cow. And they said: ´This is your god and the god of Moses (whom) he has neglected."

اَفَلَا یَرَوْنَ اَلَّا یَرْجِعُ اِلَیْهِمْ قَوْلًا ۙ۬ وَّ لَا یَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَّ لَا نَفْعًا۠۝۸۹

Did they not see that it did not give them any answer, nor had it power to do them harm or bring them gain?

وَ لَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هٰرُوْنُ مِنْ قَبْلُ یٰقَوْمِ اِنَّمَا فُتِنْتُمْ بِهٖ ۚ وَ اِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ الرَّحْمٰنُ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِیْ وَ اَطِیْعُوْۤا اَمْرِیْ۝۹۰

Aaron had indeed told them earlier: "O my people, you are being only misled with this. Surely your Lord is Ar-Rahman. So follow me and obey my command."