when moses returned to his people in anger and great sorrow he said what an awful sin you have committed in my absence. did you want to hasten your lords command? he threw down the tablets and seized his brother by the head pulling him towards himself. aaron said son of my mother the people oppressed me and almost killed me. do not give my enemies cause to gloat over me. do not number me among the wrongdoers.
ولما رجع موسى إلى قومه غضبان أسفا قال بئسما خلفتموني من بعدي أعجلتم أمر ربكم وألقى الألواح وأخذ برأس أخيه يجره إليه قال ابن أم إن القوم استضعفوني وكادوا يقتلونني فلا تشمت بي الأعداء ولا تجعلني مع القوم الظالمين