Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 150
وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ وَأَلْقَى ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ ۚ قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِى وَكَادُوا۟ يَقْتُلُونَنِى فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِىَ ٱلْأَعْدَآءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
And when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How wretched is that by which you have replaced me after [my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of your Lord?" And he threw down the tablets and seized his brother by [the hair of] his head, pulling him toward him. [Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, indeed the people overpowered me and were about to kill me, so let not the enemies rejoice over me and do not place me among the wrongdoing people."
Word by word
- وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
- رَجَعَrajaʿareturned
- مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
- إِلَىٰilāto
- قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
- غَضْبَـٰنَghaḍbānaangry
- أَسِفًۭاasifanand grieved
- قَالَqālahe said
- بِئْسَمَاbi'samāEvil is what
- خَلَفْتُمُونِىkhalaftumūnīyou have done in my place
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِىٓ ۖbaʿdīafter me
- أَعَجِلْتُمْaʿajil'tumWere you impatient
- أَمْرَamra(over the) matter
- رَبِّكُمْ ۖrabbikum(of) your Lord
- وَأَلْقَىwa-alqāAnd he cast down
- ٱلْأَلْوَاحَl-alwāḥathe tablets
- وَأَخَذَwa-akhadhaand seized
- بِرَأْسِbirasiby head
- أَخِيهِakhīhihis brother
- يَجُرُّهُۥٓyajurruhudragging him
- إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito himself
- قَالَqālaHe said
- ٱبْنَib'naO son
- أُمَّumma(of) my mother
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
- ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِىis'taḍʿafūnīconsidered me weak
- وَكَادُوا۟wakādūand were about to
- يَقْتُلُونَنِىyaqtulūnanīkill me
- فَلَاfalāSo (let) not
- تُشْمِتْtush'mitrejoice
- بِىَbiyaover me
- ٱلْأَعْدَآءَl-aʿdāathe enemies
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَجْعَلْنِىtajʿalnīplace me
- مَعَmaʿawith
- ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna(who are) wrongdoing
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