In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation
It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammar
Surat Taha
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O Musa, how haste you left your people?
He said: They are my followers, and I hasten to You, Lord, that You may be satisfied
And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?
So you went ahead of them and left them behind you, but you were not with them
Musa said
My people are following me
I hastened and overtook them, my Lord, so that You would be pleased with me
He said, “We have tried your people after you, and the Samaritan has led them astray.”
So Moses returned to his people angry and sad
He said, “O my people, did your Lord not promise you a good promise?”
Did the covenant last for you, or did you want wrath from your Lord to fall upon you, so you broke my promises?
God said to Moses
Indeed, O Moses, we tested your people after you left them with the worship of the calf
The Samaritan misled them by inviting them to worship the calf
So Moses departed to his people, the Children of Israel
After forty nights had passed, he was angry with his people
Sad about the disbelief in God they caused after him
Musa said
O my people, did not your Lord promise you that He is Forgiving to those who repent, believe, and do righteous deeds and are then guided?
He prepares you for the right side of the Mount and sends down upon you manna and quails
May your covenant with me and the beauty of God’s blessings be upon you
Or do you want to incur wrath from your Lord, so you deserve it by worshiping the calf?
So you missed my appointment
Their failure was due to their retreat to haste
He left them to follow in the footsteps of Moses for the appointment that God had promised them
They said: We did not break your promise to our kingdom, but rather we carried burdens of the people’s adornments, so we threw them away. Thus did the Samaritan throw them.
Moses' people said to Moses
We missed your appointment
They admitted they were wrong
They said: We did not dare to hold ourselves in the right direction
We had no control over our affairs until we fell into the temptation we fell into
But we carried burdens and burdens of the people’s adornments, meaning the adornments of Pharaoh’s family
This is because the children of Israel, when Moses wanted to take them away from Egypt by night
God commanded him to do so
He ordered them to borrow from Pharaoh's family's possessions and jewelry
He said, “May God give you that benefit.”
So they did so and borrowed some of their women’s jewelry and belongings
He says, “So we threw those burdens of the people’s adornments into the pit.”
As we threw those weights
Likewise, the Samaritan threw the soil he had with him into the hoof of Gabriel's horse
So he brought out to them a calf with a mooing body, and they said, “This is your God and the God of Moses, but he forgot.”
So the Samaritan brought out for them a body of what they had thrown, and of what he had thrown, a calf that had a voice, which was the voice of a cow
Moses' people said, "This is your idol, and Moses' idol virtuous and abandoned."
Do they not see that he does not return a word to them and does not do them any harm or benefit?
Aaron had said to them before, “O my people, you have only been tempted by him.”
Indeed, your Lord is the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my command
They said, "We will not continue to devote ourselves to it until Moses returns to us."
Do they not see that the calf, which they claimed was their god and the god of Moses, does not speak to them?
He cannot do any harm or benefit
So how could this attribute be divine?
Aaron had said to the calf-worshippers of the Children of Israel before Moses returned
God only tested your faith and your adherence to your religion with this calf that caused it to bellow
So that he may know the correct faith among you from the sick heart who doubts his religion
And your Lord is the Most Gracious, whose grace extends to all creation
So follow me in what I commanded you to do regarding worshiping God and abandoning the worship of the calf
And obey my command in what I command you to do regarding obedience to God and devotion to worshiping Him
The calf worshipers were among the people of Moses, he said
We will not continue to worship the calf until Moses returns to us
He said, “O Aaron, what prevented you from following my command when you saw them go astray?”
He said, O son of a mother, do not take hold of my beard or my head
I was afraid that you would say that you divided the children of Israel, but you did not heed my words
Moses said to his brother Aaron
O Aaron, what prevented you from following me when you saw them straying from their religion?
Then Moses grabbed his brother Aaron's beard and head and dragged him towards him
Then Aaron said, “O son of a mother, do not take hold of my beard or my head.”
I was afraid that you would say that you separated their group, leaving some of them behind you and bringing some of them, but you did not consider my words and preserve them.
He said, “What is wrong with you, Samaritan?”
He said, “I saw what they did not see, so I caught a handful of the Messenger’s trace, so I rejected it, and my soul also consoled me.”
Moses said to the Samaritan, What is the matter with you, Samaritan, and what prompted you to do what you did?
Al-Samari said, “I knew what they did not know, so I took some dust from the traces of Gabriel’s horse in my hand and threw it, and thus I made myself look good that it would be so.”
He said, “Go, for in life you have the right to say, ‘No harm,’ and you have an appointment that you will not break. And look to your God, to whom you have remained devoted.”
We will burn him, then We will blow him up in the sea
Your God is only God, besides whom there is no god. He encompasses all things in knowledge
Moses said to the Samaritan, “Go, for in the days of your life you may say, ‘Neither yesterday nor yesterday.’”
He mentioned that Moses commanded the children of Israel not to eat with him, not to mix with him, and not to pledge allegiance to him
And you have a date for your punishment and punishment for what you did, and God will not let you go
And look at your deity, whom you have continued to worship, We will certainly burn him with fire, piece by piece, then We will scatter him in the sea.
O people, you have no god but the One to whom all creation worships
Worship is not appropriate for anyone other than Him, nor should it be for anyone other than Him, who has knowledge of all things
Thus we relate to you from my ancestors what has come before, and We have given you a reminder from Us
Whoever turns away from it will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection
They will abide therein forever, and evil will be a burden for them on the Day of Resurrection
Just as we told you, O Muhammad, the news of Moses and Pharaoh
We also tell you the most important things that have occurred before you but you did not see
We have given you, O Muhammad, a reminder from Us by which people of reason and understanding will remember
Whoever turns away from it and turns away and does not believe in it or acknowledge it
He will come to his Lord on the Day of Resurrection carrying a heavy burden
That is a great sin
They will remain in Hell forever with their burdens, and that burden and burden will be bad on the Day of Resurrection
The day the trumpet will be blown, and on that day the criminals will be gathered together in blue
They quarreled among themselves, but you dispersed except ten
The day the trumpet will be blown, and we will drive the people of disbelief in God on that day to the place of the Resurrection
Their eyes became blue from the intense thirst they felt when they were gathered
It was said that they would be gathered blind
They whisper among themselves and become comfortable with each other
You only stayed in this world for ten days
We know best what they say, when the best of them says, “You will remain silent except for a day.”
We know better than them when it comes to their secrets and fears
Nothing is hidden from us about what they share between them
When He says, “The most intelligent and most knowledgeable of them,” you will remain in this world for only a day
And they ask you about the mountains, so say, “My Lord will blow them to pieces.”
And He will leave it in plains and rows, in which you will not see any crookedness or flatness
O Muhammad, your people ask you about the mountains
So tell them, “My Lord, you will leave him alone.”
He purifies it by uprooting it and uprooting it from its roots
He calls its places a smooth land with no plants, no disturbances, and no elevation
You do not see any inclination from the level, nor any rise or fall
On that day they will follow the caller, not his haste
The voices were humbled to the Most Merciful, so they could not be heard except a whisper
On that day, people will follow the voice of God’s caller who calls them to the place of resurrection and will gather them to it
They have no deviation from it or deviation, but they are quickly gathered toward it
The voices of the creatures remained silent before the Most Merciful, so you would not hear any of them speaking with any logic
Except for whom the Most Merciful has permitted him, and it is said that he steps foot to the gathering place
On that day, intercession will not benefit except those whom the Most Merciful has permitted and whose words are approved
He knows what is before them and what is behind them, but they have no knowledge of Him
On that day, no intercession will be of benefit except the intercession of one whom the Most Merciful has permitted to intercede and whose words He has approved
Your Lord knows, O Muhammad, what is in the hands of those who follow the caller regarding the matter of Resurrection
He knows the matter of what they left behind them of the world, but his creation is not aware of it