وَلَمَّا

رَجَعَ

مُوسَىٰٓ

إِلَىٰ

قَوۡمِهِۦ

غَضۡبَٰنَ

أَسِفٗا

قَالَ

بِئۡسَمَا

خَلَفۡتُمُونِي

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِيٓۖ

أَعَجِلۡتُمۡ

أَمۡرَ

رَبِّكُمۡۖ

وَأَلۡقَى

ٱلۡأَلۡوَاحَ

وَأَخَذَ

بِرَأۡسِ

أَخِيهِ

يَجُرُّهُۥٓ

إِلَيۡهِۚ

قَالَ

ٱبۡنَ

أُمَّ

إِنَّ

ٱلۡقَوۡمَ

ٱسۡتَضۡعَفُونِي

وَكَادُواْ

يَقۡتُلُونَنِي

فَلَا

تُشۡمِتۡ

بِيَ

ٱلۡأَعۡدَآءَ

وَلَا

تَجۡعَلۡنِي

مَعَ

ٱلۡقَوۡمِ

ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

١٥٠

And when Moses returned to his people, full of wrath and sorrow, he said: 'Vile is the course you have followed in my absence. Could you not patiently wait for the decree of your Lord?' And he threw down the Tablets [of the Law] and took hold of his brother's head, dragging him to himself. Aaron said: 'My mother's son, the people overpowered me and almost killed me. So let not my enemies gloat over me, and do not number me among the wrong-doing folk.'¹