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Surah Taa-Haa · سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ · Juz 16

Q 20:91

قَالُوا۟ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَـٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ

Translations

They said, "We will never cease being devoted to the calf until Moses returns to us."
Sahih International · EN
Ils dirent: «Nous continuerons à y être attachés, jusqu'à ce que Moïse retourne vers nous».
Muhammad Hamidullah · FR

Tafsir

Those who had been tempted through worship of the calf said: “We will continue worshipping it until Moses returns to us”.

Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Quran · Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies
Read Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abridged, English))
And Harun indeed had said to them beforehand: "O my people! You are being tried in this, and verily, your Lord is (Allah) the Most Gracious, so follow me and obey my order. (90)They said: "We will not stop worshipping it, until Musa returns to us. (91) Harun prohibits them from worship of the Calf and the Persistence of the Children of Israel in doing so Allah, the Exalted, informs of Harun's attempt to prohibit them from worshipping the calf and his telling them that this was only a test for them. He told them that their Lord was the Most Beneficent, Who created everything and decreed for everything its just measure. He is the Owner of the Mighty Throne, the One Who does whatever He wants. فَاتَّبِعُونِي وَأَطِيعُوا أَمْرِي (so follow me and obey my order.) Meaning, "Follow me in that which I am commanding you with and leave that which I forbid you from." قَالُوا لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ (They said: "We will not stop worshipping it, until Musa returns to us.") meaning, "We will not cease in our worship of this calf until we hear what Musa has to say about it." So they opposed Harun in this matter and they fought against him, nearly killing him.

Arabic text: Tanzil (Uthmani). Translations: Sahih International (en), Muhammad Hamidullah (fr). tanzil.net

Taa-Haa 20:91 · Ummah