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
When Moses returned to his people, ˹totally˺ furious and sorrowful, he said, “What an evil thing you committed in my absence! Did you want to hasten your Lord’s torment?” Then he threw down the Tablets and grabbed his brother by the hair, dragging him closer. Aaron pleaded, “O son of my mother! The people overpowered me and were about to kill me. So do not ˹humiliate me and˺ make my enemies rejoice, nor count me among the wrongdoing people.”
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِن بَعْدِى
(He (Musa) said: "What an evil thing is that which you have done during my absence.") evil it is that which you committed after I departed and left you, by worshiping the calf,
أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ
(Did you hasten in the matter of your Lord) Musa said
…قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِن بَعْدِى
(He (Musa) said: "What an evil thing is that which you have done during my absence.") evil it is that which
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