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To whom is Moses' command "then kill one another (lit. yourselves)" addressed?

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واذ قال موسى لقومه يا قوم انكم ظلمتم انفسكم باتخاذكم العجل فتوبوا الى باريكم فاقتلوا انفسكم ذالكم خير لكم عند باريكم فتاب عليكم انه هو التواب الرحيم ٥٤
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّكُمْ ظَلَمْتُمْ أَنفُسَكُم بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ فَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ بَارِئِكُمْ فَٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ عِندَ بَارِئِكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٥٤
وَإِذۡﱾ
قَالَﱿ
مُوسَىٰﲀ
لِقَوۡمِهِۦﲁ
يَٰقَوۡمِﲂ
إِنَّكُمۡﲃ
ظَلَمۡتُمۡﲄ
أَنفُسَكُمﲅ
بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُﲆ
ٱلۡعِجۡلَﲇ
فَتُوبُوٓاْﲈ
إِلَىٰﲉ
بَارِئِكُمۡﲊ
فَٱقۡتُلُوٓاْﲋ
أَنفُسَكُمۡﲌ
ذَٰلِكُمۡﲍ
خَيۡرٞﲎ
لَّكُمۡﲏ
عِندَﲐ
بَارِئِكُمۡﲑ
فَتَابَﲒ
عَلَيۡكُمۡۚﲓﲔ
إِنَّهُۥﲕ
هُوَﲖ
ٱلتَّوَّابُﲗ
ٱلرَّحِيمُﲘ
٥٤ﲙ
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To whom is Moses' command "then kill one another (lit. yourselves)" addressed?

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Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

  1. It was an address to all of them (to kill their own selves). [Al-Suddī]
  2. It was an address to those who did not worship the calf to kill those who did worship. [Muqātil]
  3. It was an address to the worshippers (of the calf) alone, commanding them to kill each other. [Abū Sulaymān al-Dimashqī]

What does the pronoun in "that will be better" refer to?

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