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138. And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and they came unto a people who were given up to idols

which they had. They said: O Moses! Make for us a god even as they have gods. He said: Lo! ye are a folk who know

not.

139. Lo! as for these, their way will be destroyed and all that they are doing is in vain.

140. He said : Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah when He hath favoured you above (all) creatures?

141. And (remember) when We did deliver you from Pharaoh's folk who were afflicting you with dreadful torment,

slaughtering your sons and sparing your women. That was a tremendous trial from your Lord.

142. And when We did appoint for Moses thirty nights (of solitude), and added to them ten, and he completed the

whole time appointed by his Lord of forty nights; and Moses said unto his brother: Take my place among the people.

Do right, and follow not the way of mischief makers.

143. And when Moses came to Our appointed tryst and his Lord had spoken unto him, he said: My Lord! Show me (Thy

self), that I may gaze upon Thee. He said: Thou wilt not see Me, but gaze upon the mountain! If it stand still in its place,

then thou wilt see Me. And when his Lord revealed (His) glory to the mountain He sent it crashing down. And Moses

fell down senseless. And when he woke he said: Glory unto Thee! I turn unto Thee repentant, and I am the first of (true)

believers.

144. He said : O Moses ! I have preferred thee above mankind by My messages and by My speaking (unto thee). So hold

that which I have given thee, and be among the thankful.

145. And We wrote for him, upon the tablets, the lesson to be drawn from all things and the explanation of all things,

then (bade him): Hold it fast; and command thy people (saying): Take the better (course made clear) therein. I shall

show thee the abode of evil livers.

146. I shall turn away from My revelations those who magnify themselves wrongfully in the earth, and if they see each

token believe it not, and if they see the way of righteousness choose it not for (their) way, and if they see the way of

error choose it for (their) way. That is because they deny Our revelations and are used to disregard them.

147. Those who deny Our revelations and the meeting of the Hereafter, their works are fruitless. Are they requited

aught save what they used to do?

148. And the folk of Moses, after (he had left them), chose a calf (for worship), (made) out of their ornaments, of

saffron hue, which gave a lowing sound. Saw they not that it spake not unto them nor guided them to any way? They

chose it, and became wrong doers.

149. And when they feared the consequences thereof and saw that they had gone astray, they said: Unless our Lord have

mercy on us and forgive us, we verily are of the lost.

150. And when Moses returned unto his people, angry and grieved, he said: Evil is that (course) which ye took after

I had left you. Would ye hasten on the judgment of your Lord? And he cast down the tablets, and he seized his brother

by the head, dragging him toward him. He said: Son of my mother! Lo! the folk did judge me weak and almost killed

me. Oh, make not mine enemies to triumph over me and place me not among the evil doers!

151. He said: My Lord! Have mercy on me and on my brother; bring us into Thy mercy, Thou the Most Merciful of

all who show mercy.

152. Lo! those who chose the calf (for worship), terror from their Lord and humiliation will come upon them in the

life of the world. Thus do We requite those who invent a lie.

153. But those who do ill deeds and afterward repent and believe lo! for them, afterward, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

154. Then, when the anger of Moses abated, he took up the tablets, and in their inscription there was guidance and

mercy for all those who fear their Lord.

155. And Moses chose of his people seventy men for Our appointed tryst and, when the trembling came on them, he

said: My Lord! If thou hadst willed Thou hadst destroyed them long before, and me with them. Wilt thou destroy us

for that which the ignorant among us did? It is but Thy trial (of us). Thou sendest whom Thou wilt astray and guidest

whom Thou wilt. Thou art our Protecting Friend, therefore forgive us and have mercy on us, Thou, the Best of all who

show forgiveness.

156. And ordain for us in, this world that which is good, and in the Hereafter (that which is good), Lo! We have turned

unto Thee. He said: I smite with My punishment whom I will, and My mercy embraceth all things, therefore I shall

ordain It for those who ward off (evil) and pay the poor due, and those who believe Our revelations;

157. Those who follow the messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, whom they will find described in

the Torah and the Gospel (which are) with them. He will enjoin on them that which is right and forbid them that which