20/Ta-Ha-88: So he brought forth for them a calf, a sculpture, which had a mooing sound. So they said (Sâmirî and his supporters): “This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot”.
20/Ta-Ha-89: Could they not see that it did not return to them an answer, and that it had no power either to harm them or to benefit them?
20/Ta-Ha-90: And certainly Aaron had said to them before: “O my people! You are only tried by it, and surely The Most Beneficent is your Lord, therefore follow me and obey my order”.
20/Ta-Ha-91: They said: “We will by no means cease to keep to its worship until Moses returns to us”.
20/Ta-Ha-92: (Moses) said: “O Aaron! What prevented you (from warning them) when you saw them falling into Misguidance”?
20/Ta-Ha-93: Why did not you follow me? Did you then rebel against my order?
20/Ta-Ha-94: (Aaron) said: “O son of my mother! Do not seize me by my beard, or by my head. Surely I was afraid that you should say: “You have caused a division (disagreement, enmity) among the Children of Israel and you have not observed (carried out) my word”.
20/Ta-Ha-95: (He) said: “Then, O Sâmirî, what was your address (to them) (what did you say to them)”?
20/Ta-Ha-96: (Sâmirî) said: “I saw what they did not see. I took a handful (of the dirt) from where the Messenger (Gabriel) stepped and flung it (into melted metal) thus did my soul make it fair-seeming to me”.
20/Ta-Ha-97: (Moses) said: “Go away at once! Surely for you it will be in this life to say: ‘Do not touch (me)’. Surely there is a promise (punishment) for you, which shall not be made to fail, and look at your (so-called) god to whose worship you kept persistently! We will certainly burn it, then we will certainly scatter its ash, scattering in the sea”.
20/Ta-Ha-98: Your God is only Allah, there is no god but He. He comprehends (surrounds) all things in (His) Knowledge.
