قالوا لَن نَبرَحَ عَلَيهِ عاكِفينَ حَتّىٰ يَرجِعَ إِلَينا موسىٰ

They replied, “We won’t cease our devotion to it until Moses returns to us.”

قالَ يا هارونُ ما مَنَعَكَ إِذ رَأَيتَهُم ضَلّوا

He said, “O Aaron, what prevented you when you saw them straying?

أَلّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ أَفَعَصَيتَ أَمري

From following me? Did you disobey my command?”

قالَ يَا ابنَ أُمَّ لا تَأخُذ بِلِحيَتي وَلا بِرَأسي ۖ إِنّي خَشيتُ أَن تَقولَ فَرَّقتَ بَينَ بَني إِسرائيلَ وَلَم تَرقُب قَولي

He replied, “O son of my mother, don’t seize me by my beard or head. I feared you would accuse me of causing division among the Children of Israel and not adhering to your words.”

قالَ فَما خَطبُكَ يا سامِرِيُّ

He then asked, “What’s your explanation, O Samarian?”

قالَ فَاذهَب فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِي الحَياةِ أَن تَقولَ لا مِساسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوعِدًا لَن تُخلَفَهُ ۖ وَانظُر إِلىٰ إِلـٰهِكَ الَّذي ظَلتَ عَلَيهِ عاكِفًا ۖ لَنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُ فِي اليَمِّ نَسفًا

Moses declared, “Go away! In this life, you must say, ‘No contact!’ And you have an appointment you can’t evade. Now, look at your god to which you remained devoted. We will burn it and then scatter it into the sea as dust.”

إِنَّما إِلـٰهُكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذي لا إِلـٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ عِلمًا

Your God is the only God, besides whom there is no other god. He encompasses everything in knowledge.

كَذٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيكَ مِن أَنباءِ ما قَد سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَد آتَيناكَ مِن لَدُنّا ذِكرًا

Thus, We narrate to you some of the stories of what happened before, and We’ve given you from us a Reminder.

مَن أَعرَضَ عَنهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَحمِلُ يَومَ القِيامَةِ وِزرًا

Whoever turns away from it will carry a burden on Resurrection Day.

خالِدينَ فيهِ ۖ وَساءَ لَهُم يَومَ القِيامَةِ حِملًا

They will remain under it forever, an evil for them to bear on Resurrection Day.