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 بَصُرتُ بِما لَم يَبصُروا بِهِ فَقَبَضتُ قَبضَةً مِن أَثَرِ الرَّسولِ فَنَبَذتُها وَكَذٰلِكَ سَوَّلَت لي نَفسي

He answered, “I saw what they didn’t see, so I grabbed a handful of the messenger’s trace, and I threw it. That’s what my inner self prompted me to do.”

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.”

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.

يَومَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصّورِ ۚ وَنَحشُرُ المُجرِمينَ يَومَئِذٍ زُرقًا

On that Day, the Trumpet is blown, and We will gather the criminals on that Day, blue.

يَتَخافَتونَ بَينَهُم إِن لَبِثتُم إِلّا عَشرًا

Whispering among themselves, “You didn’t remain except for ten.”