And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments
a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could
neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship],
and they were wrongdoers.
And when regret overcame them and they saw that they had gone astray, they
said, "If our Lord does not have mercy upon us and forgive us, we will
surely be among the losers."
And when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How
wretched is that by which you have replaced me after [my departure]. Were
you impatient over the matter of your Lord?" And he threw down the tablets
and seized his brother by [the hair of] his head, pulling him toward him.
[Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, indeed the people oppressed me and were
about to kill me, so let not the enemies rejoice over me and do not place
me among the wrongdoing people."
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