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sea, which was destined to in anger and great sorrow. He
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overwhelm them. For Pharaoh said, ‘My people, did your Lord
had led his people astray and did not make you a handsome
not guide them. promise? Was my absence too
80 Children of Israel! We long for you? Did you desire
delivered you from your enemies that your Lord’s wrath should
and We made a covenant with descend upon you, when you
you on the right side of the broke your promise to me?’
Mount. We sent down manna 87 They answered, ‘We did not
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and quails for you, ‘Eat from break our promise to you of our
the wholesome things with which own accord, but we had to carry
We have provided you but do not loads of the people’s ornaments
transgress, lest you should incur and so we threw them [into the
My wrath.’ [We said], ‘He that fire] for that was what the Samiri
incurs My wrath shall surely be suggested,’ 88 then he forged a
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ruined. But I am most forgiving calf for them—an image
towards him who turns in producing a lowing sound. They
repentance and believes and acts said, ‘This is your deity, the deity
righteously and follows the right of Moses; he has forgotten it.’
path.’ 89 Why did they not see that it
83 [When Moses was upon the could not give them any response
Mount, God said,] ‘O Moses, and had no power to harm or
why have you come with such benefit them?
haste from your people?’ 84 He 90 Aaron had already told them,
said, ‘They are following in my ‘O my people! You are only
footsteps, while I have hastened being tested by this. Your Lord is
to You, my Lord, to please You.’ the All Merciful, so follow me and
85 But God said, ‘We have tested obey my command.’ They replied,
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your people in your absence. ‘We shall not cease to worship it
The Samiri has led them astray.’ until Moses returns to us.’
86 Moses returned to his people 92 Moses said to Aaron, ‘What