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Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses, but he hath forgotten.

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See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use ?

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And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order.

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They said: We shall by no means cease to be its votaries till Moses return unto us.

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He (Moses) said: O Aaron! What held thee back when thou didst see them gone astray,

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That thou followedst me not ? Hast thou then disobeyed my order ?

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He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.

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(Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri ?

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He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me.

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(Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea.

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Your God is only Allah, than Whom there is no other God. He embraceth all things in His knowledge.