Taha 20:83 ۞ وما اعجلك عن قومك يا موسى ٨٣

20:83

۞ وَمَآ

أَعۡجَلَكَ

عَن

قَوۡمِكَ

يَٰمُوسَىٰ

٨٣

[God said], ‘Moses, what has made you come ahead of your people in such haste?’

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Musa goes to the Appointment with Allah and the Children of Israel succumb to worship the Calf

Allah relates what happened when Musa traveled with the Children of Israel after Fir`awn's destruction.

فَأَتَوْاْ عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَى أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ قَالُواْ يَمُوسَى اجْعَلْ لَّنَآ إِلَـهًا ك

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Musa goes to the Appointment with Allah and the Children of Israel succumb to worship the Calf

Allah relates what happened when Musa traveled with the

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Chapter 20, Page 317, Juz 16

83. [God said], ‘Moses, what has made you come ahead of your people in such haste?’ 84. and he said, ‘They are following in my footsteps. I rushed to You, Lord, to please You,’ 85. but God said, ‘We have tested your people in your absence: the Samiri has led them astray.’ 86. 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?’ 87. 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,’ 88. 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.’ 89. Did they not see that [the calf] gave them no answer, that it had no power to harm or benefit them?

- M.A.S. Abdel Haleem