Qaaloo lan nabraha 'alaihi 'aakifeena hattaa yarji'a ilainaa Moosaa
They said, "We will never cease being devoted to it [i.e., the calf] until Moses returns to us."
Qaala Yaa Haaroonu maa mana 'aka iz ra aitahum dallooo
[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,
Allaa tattabi'ani afa'asaita amree
From following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?"
Qaala yabna'umma laa taakhuz bilihyatee wa laa biraasee innee khashetu an taqoola farraqta baina Baneee Israaa'eela wa lam tarqub qawlee
[Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.'"
Qaala famaa khatbuka yaa Saamiriyy
[Moses] said, "And what is your case, O Samiri?"
Qaala basurtu bimaa lam yabsuroo bihee faqabadtu qabdatam min asarir Rasooli fanabaztuhaa wa kazaalika sawwalat lee nafsee
He said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger and threw it, and thus did my soul entice me."
Qaala fazhab fa inna laka fil hayaati an taqoola laa misaasa wa inna laka maw'idal lan tukhlafahoo wanzur ilaaa ilaahikal lazee zalta 'alaihi 'aakifaa; lanuharriqannnahoo summa lanansifanahoo fil yammi nasfaa
[Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it [i.e., its ashes] into the sea with a blast.
Innamaaa ilaahukkumul laahul lazee laa ilaaha illaa Hoo; wasi'a kulla shai'in ilmaa
Your god is only Allah, except for whom there is no deity. He has encompassed all things in knowledge."
Kazaalika naqussu 'alaika min ambaaa'i maa qad sabaq; wa qad aatainaaka mil ladunnaa Zikraa
Thus, [O Muhammad], We relate to you from the news of what has preceded. And We have certainly given you from Us a message [i.e., the Quran].
Man a'rada 'anhu, fa innahoo yahmilu Yawmal Qiyaamati wizraa
Whoever turns away from it – then indeed, he will bear on the Day of Resurrection a burden [i.e., great sin],