وَمَا أَعْجَلَکَ عَنْ قَوْمِکَ یَا مُوسَى(( 83 ))

83- (WHEN MOSES CAME UP ON THE MOUNTAIN WE SAID TO HIM:ِ) ``AND WHAT MADE YOU, O, MOSES, TO HASTEN IN ADVACE OF YOUR PEOPLE?''

قَالَ هُمْ أُولاَءِ عَلَى أَثَرِى وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَیْکَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَى(( 84 ))

84- HE SAID; ``THEY ARE FOLLOWING ME, AND I HASTENED MY LORD TO PLEASE YOU.''

قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَکَ مِنْ بَعْدِکَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ السَّامِرِىُّ(( 85 ))

85- HE SAID:ِ ``WE HAVE TESTED YOUR PEOPLE AFTER YOU (LEFT THEM), AND SAMARITAN LED THEM ASTRAY!''

فَرَجَعَ مُوسَى إِلَى قَوْمِهِ غَضْبَانَ أَسِفاً قَالَ یَا قَوْمِ أَلَمْ یَعِدْکُمْ رَبُّکُمْ وَعْداً حَسَناً أَفَطَالَ عَلَیْکُمُ الْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدْتُمْ أَنْ یَحِلَّ عَلَیْکُمْ غَضَبٌ مِنْ رَّبِّکُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُمْ مَّوْعِدِى(( 86 ))

86- THEN MOSES RETURNED TO HIS PEOPLE ANGRY AND SORROWFUL, SAYING:ِ ``O, MY PEOPLE! DID YOUR LORD NOT PROMISE YOU A FAIR PROMISE? OR DID THE PROMISE SEEM TOO LONG TO YOU? OR YOU INTENDED TO INCUR UPON YOU A WRATH OF YOUR LORD? THAT YOU BROKE YOUR PROMISE TO ME!

قَالُوا مَا أَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَکَ بِمَلْکِنَا وَلَکِنَّا حُمِّلْنَا أَوْزَاراً مِّنْ زِینَةِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَاهَا فَکَذَلِکَ أَلْقَى السَّامِرِىُّ(( 87 ))

87- THEY SAID:ِ ``WE DID NOT BREAK OUR PROMISE WITH YOU OF OUR OWN VOLITION, BUT WE CARRIED SOME OF THE ORNAMENTS OF THE PEOPLE (EGYPTIANS), AND WE THREW THEM (INTO THE FIRE), AND SO DID SÄMARI INDUCE. (PERSUADED US TO DO SO!)''

فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلا جَسَداً لَّهُ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا هَذَا إِلَهُکُمْ وَإِلَهُ مُوسَى فَنَسِىَ(( 88 ))

88- THEN HE MADE OUT OF IT FOR THEM A CALF IMAGE, WHICH HAD A LOWING SOUND; THEN THEY SAID:ِ ``THIS IS YOUR GOD, AND THE GOD OF MOSES.'' AND FORGOT (EVERYTHING).

أَفَلاَ یَرَوْنَ أَلاَّ یَرْجِعُ إِلَیْهِمْ قَوْلا وَلاَ یَمْلِکُ لَهُمْ ضَرّاً وَلاَ نَفْع(( 89 ))

89- COULD THEY NOT SEE THAT (THE CALF IMAGE) DID NOT RETURN A WORD BACK TO THEM (IN ANSWER), AND HAD NO POWER TO HURT THEM, NOR TO PROFIT?

وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَارُونُ مِنْ قَبْلُ یَا قَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُمْ بِهِ وَإِنَّ رَبَّکُمُ الرَّحْمنُ فَاتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِیعُوا أَمْرِى (( 90 ))

90- YET AARON HAD SAID TO THEM BEFORE THIS; THAT, O, MY PEOPLE! YOU HAVE BEEN TEMPTED BY IT, AND YOUR LORD IS THE MERCIFUL GOD, SO FOLLOW ME AND OBEY MY ORDER.

قَالُوا لَنْ نَّبْرَحَ عَلَیْهِ عَاکِفِینَ حَتَّى یَرْجِعَ إِلَیْنَا مُوسَى(( 91 ))

91- THEY SAID:ِ ``WE WILL NEVER CEASE WORSHIPPING IT UNTIL MOSES RETURNS TO US.''