وَلمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَى إِلَى قَوْمِهِ غَضْبَـنَ أَسِفاً قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِن بَعْدِى أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّکُمْ وَأَلْقَى الاَْلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِیهِ یَجُرُّهُ إِلیْهِ قَالَ ابْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ اسْتَضْعَفُونِى وَکَادُوا یَقْتُلُونَنِى فَلاَ تُشْمِتْ بِىَ الاَْعْدَآءَ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِى مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّـلِمِینَ (150) قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِى وَلاَِخِى وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِى رَحْمَتِکَ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّحِمینَ (151)150- AND WHEN MOSES RETURNED TO HIS PEOPLE ANGRY AND SORROWFUL, HE SAID: `EVIL IS THAT WHICH YOU HAVE DONE AFTER ME. WOULD YOU HASTEN THE RETRIBUTION OF YOUR LORD? AND HE THREW DOWN THE TABLETS, AND SEIZED HIS BROTHER BY THE HEAD; DRAGGING HIM TOWARDS HIMSELF. HE SAID: `SON OF MY MOTHER! THE PEOPLE SOUGHT TO WEAKEN ME, AND WERE NEAR TO KILL ME. THEN DO NOT LET THE ENEMIES REJOICE OVER ME, AND COUNT ME NOT AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPRESSORS.'
151- HE SAID: `MY LORD! FORGIVE ME AND MY BROTHER AND ENTER US INTO YOUR MERCY, THAT YOU ARE THE MOST MERCIFUL OF THE MERCIFUL ONES.