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ʾinna lladhīna ttakhadhū l-ʿijla sa-yanāluhum ghaḍabun min rabbihim wa-dhillatun fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-ka-dhālika najzī l-muftarīna
Indeed those who took up the calf [for worship] shall be overtaken by their Lord’s wrath and abasement in the life of the world.’ Thus do We requite the fabricators [of lies].
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-‘Araf – Verse 152
152 . “Verily those who adopted (worshipping) the Calf soon shall reach them a wrath from their Lord and abasement in the life of the world. And thus do We recompense the forgers of lies.”
Finally, that intensive harsh reaction of Moses (as) brought forth its own effect and the calf-worshippers from the Children of Israel, who formed the majority of the people of Moses, showed regret for their treatment. But, in order that none consider that this mere regret and remorse was enough for their repentance from such a great fault, the Qur’ān adds the statement as follows:
Again, in order that none imagine that this law is allocated only to those people, it is added at the end of the verse: