e (Moses) said: O Aaron! What held thee back when thou didst see
them gone astray,

S: (Musa) said: O Haroun! what prevented you, when you saw them going
astray,

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Y: "From following me? Didst thou then disobey my order?"

P: That thou followedst me not? Hast thou then disobeyed my order?

S: So that you did not follow me? Did you then disobey my order?

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Y: (Aaron) replied: "O son of my mother! Seize (me) not by my beard nor
by (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say, 'Thou
has caused a division among the children of Israel, and thou didst not
respect my word!'"

P: He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I
feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the
Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.

S: He said: O son of my mother! seize me not by my beard nor by my head;
surely I was afraid lest you should say: You have caused a division
among the children of Israel and not waited for my word.

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Y: (Moses) said: "What then is thy case, O Samiri?"

P: (Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri?

S: He said: What was then your object, O Samiri?

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Y: He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust)
from the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thus
did my soul suggest to me."

P: He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful
from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul
commended to me.

S: He said: I saw (Jibreel) what they did not see, so I took a handful
(of the dust) from the footsteps of the messenger, then I threw it in
the casting; thus did my soul commend to me.

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Y: (Moses) said: "Get thee gone! but thy (punishment) in this life will
be that thou wilt say, 'touch me not'; and moreover (for a future
penalty) thou hast a promise that will not fail: Now look at thy god,
of whom thou hast become a devoted worshipper: We will certainly (melt)
it in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast in the sea!"

P: (Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say:
Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break.
Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we
will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea.

S: He said: Begone then, surely for you it will be in this life to say,
Touch (me) not; and surely there is a threat for you, which shall not