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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Taha 20:86

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فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُم مَّوْعِدِى

So Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved. He said, "O my people, did your Lord not make you a good promise? Then, was the time [of its fulfillment] too long for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord descend upon you, so you broke your promise [of obedience] to me?"

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فرجع موسى إلى قومه غضبان عليهم حزينًا، وقال لهم: يا قوم ألم يَعِدْكم ربكم وعدًا حسنًا بإنزال التوراة؟ أفطال عليكم العهد واستبطأتم الوعد، أم أردتم أن تفعلوا فعلا يحل عليكم بسببه غضب من ربكم، فأخلفتم موعدي وعبدتم العجل، وتركتم الالتزام بأوامري؟

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