وَلَقَد أَوحَينا إِلىٰ موسىٰ أَن أَسرِ بِعِبادي فَاضرِب لَهُم طَريقًا فِي البَحرِ يَبَسًا لا تَخافُ دَرَكًا وَلا تَخشىٰ
We revealed to Moses: “Set out at night with My servants, and strike a dry path for them through the sea, without fear of being overtaken or dread.”
فَأَتبَعَهُم فِرعَونُ بِجُنودِهِ فَغَشِيَهُم مِنَ اليَمِّ ما غَشِيَهُم
Pharaoh pursued them with his forces, but the sea overwhelmed them, completely submerging them.
وَأَضَلَّ فِرعَونُ قَومَهُ وَما هَدىٰ
Pharaoh misled his people; he didn’t guide them.
يا بَني إِسرائيلَ قَد أَنجَيناكُم مِن عَدُوِّكُم وَواعَدناكُم جانِبَ الطّورِ الأَيمَنَ وَنَزَّلنا عَلَيكُمُ المَنَّ وَالسَّلوىٰ
O Children of Israel, We saved you from your enemy, covenanted with you on the right side of the Mount, and We sent down to you Manna and Quail.
كُلوا مِن طَيِّباتِ ما رَزَقناكُم وَلا تَطغَوا فيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيكُم غَضَبي ۖ وَمَن يَحلِل عَلَيهِ غَضَبي فَقَد هَوىٰ
Eat from the good provisions We provided you, but don’t be excessive in it, lest My wrath descends upon you. Whoever upon whom My wrath descends has fallen.
وَإِنّي لَغَفّارٌ لِمَن تابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صالِحًا ثُمَّ اهتَدىٰ
I am forgiving to whoever repents, believes, acts righteously, then becomes guided.
وَما أَعجَلَكَ عَن قَومِكَ يا موسىٰ
“Why did you rush ahead of your people, O Moses?”
قالَ هُم أُولاءِ عَلىٰ أَثَري وَعَجِلتُ إِلَيكَ رَبِّ لِتَرضىٰ
He replied, “They are on my tracks. I rushed to You, my Lord, so that You might be pleased.”
قالَ فَإِنّا قَد فَتَنّا قَومَكَ مِن بَعدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ السّامِرِيُّ
He said, “We’ve tested your people in your absence, and the Samarian led them astray.”
فَرَجَعَ موسىٰ إِلىٰ قَومِهِ غَضبانَ أَسِفًا ۚ قالَ يا قَومِ أَلَم يَعِدكُم رَبُّكُم وَعدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطالَ عَلَيكُمُ العَهدُ أَم أَرَدتُم أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيكُم غَضَبٌ مِن رَبِّكُم فَأَخلَفتُم مَوعِدي
Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved. He said, “O my people, didn’t your Lord make a good promise to you? Did the promise appear too distant to you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord descends upon you, that you broke your promise to me?”
قالوا ما أَخلَفنا مَوعِدَكَ بِمَلكِنا وَلـٰكِنّا حُمِّلنا أَوزارًا مِن زينَةِ القَومِ فَقَذَفناها فَكَذٰلِكَ أَلقَى السّامِرِيُّ
They replied, “We didn’t break our promise to you intentionally, but we were made to carry burdens of the people’s ornaments, and we cast them in, as the Samarian suggested.”