The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف

Al A‘rāf (The Heights)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

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wa-lammā rajaʿa mūsā ʾilā qawmihī ghaḍbāna ʾasifan qāla biʾsamā khalaftumūnī min baʿdī ʾa-ʿajiltum ʾamra rabbikum wa-ʾalqā l-ʾalwāḥa wa-ʾakhadha bi-raʾsi ʾakhīhi yajurruhū ʾilayhi qāla bna ʾumma ʾinna l-qawma staḍʿafūnī wa-kādū yaqtulūnanī fa-lā tushmit biya l-ʾaʿdāʾa wa-lā tajʿalnī maʿa l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna

When Moses returned to his people, angry and indignant, he said, ‘Evil has been your conduct in my absence! Would you hasten on the edict of your Lord?’ He threw down the tablets and seized his brother by the head, pulling him towards himself. He said, ‘Son of my mother, indeed this people thought me to be weak, and they were about to kill me. So do not let the enemies gloat over me, and do not take me with the wrongdoing lot.’

Ali Quli Qarai