قَالَ

یَبْنَؤُمَّ

لَا

تَاْخُذْ

بِلِحْیَتِیْ

وَلَا

بِرَاْسِیْ ۚ

اِنِّیْ

خَشِیْتُ

اَنْ

تَقُوْلَ

فَرَّقْتَ

بَیْنَ

بَنِیْۤ

اِسْرَآءِیْلَ

وَلَمْ

تَرْقُبْ

قَوْلِیْ

۟

Aaron answered: "Son of my mother! Do not seize me with my beard, nor by (the hair of) my head.¹ I feared that on returning you might say: 'You sowed discord among the Children of Israel, and did not pay heed to my words.'"²