Gardens of lasting bliss graced with flowing streams, and there they will stay. Such is the reward of those who purify themselves
Translation 1260
We revealed to Moses, ‘Go out at night with My servants and strike a dry path for them across the sea. Have no fear of being overtaken and do not be dismayed.’
Translation 1260
Pharaoh pursued them with his armies and was overwhelmed by the sea
Translation 1260
Pharaoh truly led his people astray; he did not guide them
Translation 1260
Children of Israel, We rescued you from your enemies. We made a pledge with you on the right-hand side of the mountain. We sent down manna and quails for you
Translation 1260
‘Eat from the good things We have provided for you, but do not overstep the bounds, or My wrath will descend on you. Anyone on whom My wrath descends has truly fallen
Translation 1260
Yet I am most forgiving towards those who repent, believe, do righteous deeds, and stay on the right path.’
Translation 1260
[God said], ‘Moses, what has made you come ahead of your people in such haste?’
Translation 1260
and he said, ‘They are following in my footsteps. I rushed to You, Lord, to please You,’
Translation 1260
but God said, ‘We have tested your people in your absence: the Samiri has led them astray.’
Translation 1260
Moses returned to his people, angry and aggrieved. He said, ‘My people, did your Lord not make you a gracious promise? Was my absence too long for you? Did you want anger to fall on you from your Lord and so broke your word to me?’
Translation 1260
They said, ‘We did not break our word to you deliberately. We were burdened with the weight of people’s jewellery, so we threw it [into the fire], and the Samiri did the same,’
Translation 1260
but he [used the molten jewellery to] produce an image of a calf which made a lowing sound, and they said, ‘This is your god and Moses’ god, but he has forgotten.’
Translation 1260
Did they not see that [the calf] gave them no answer, that it had no power to harm or benefit them
Translation 1260
Aaron did say to them, ‘My people, this calf is a test for you. Your true Lord is the Lord of Mercy, so follow me and obey my orders,’
Translation 1260
but they replied, ‘We shall not give up our devotion to it until Moses returns to us.’
Translation 1260
Moses said, ‘When you realized they had gone astray, what prevented you, Aaron
Translation 1260
from coming after me? How could you disobey my orders?’
Translation 1260
He said, ‘Son of my mother- let go of my beard and my hair!- I was afraid you would say, “You have caused division among the children of Israel and have not heeded what I said.”’
Translation 1260
Moses said, ‘And what was the matter with you, Samiri?’
Translation 1260
He replied, ‘I saw something they did not; I took in some of the teachings of the Messenger but tossed them aside: my soul prompted me to do what I did.’
Translation 1260
Moses said, ‘Get away from here! Your lot in this life is to say, “Do not touch me,” but you have an appointment from which there is no escape. Look at your god which you have kept on worshipping- we shall grind it down and scatter it into the sea
Translation 1260
[People], your true god is the One God- there is no god but Him- whose knowledge embraces everything.’
Translation 1260
In this way We relate to you [Prophet] stories of what happened before. We have given you a Quran from Us
Translation 1260
Whoever turns away from it will bear on the Day of Resurrection a heavy burden
Translation 1260