7.141 . 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 .
7. 7.142 . 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 .
7. 7.143 . 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 .
7. 7.144 . 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 .
7. 7.145 . 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 .
7. 7.146 . 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 .
7. 7.147 . 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?
7. 7.148 . 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 .
7. 7.149 . 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 .
7. 7.150 . 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!
