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قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ﴿٨٥

Translation (Sahih International)

[Allah] said, "But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the Samiri has led them astray."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
فَإِنَّاfa-innāBut indeed, We
قَدْqad[verily]
فَتَنَّاfatannāWe (have) tried
قَوْمَكَqawmakayour people
مِنۢminafter you
بَعْدِكَbaʿdikaafter you
وَأَضَلَّهُمُwa-aḍallahumuand has led them astray
ٱلسَّامِرِىُّl-sāmiriyuthe Samiri

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Musa goes to the Appointment with Allah and the Children of Israel succumb to worship the CalfAllah relates what happened when Musa traveled with the Children of Israel after Fir`awn's destruction.فَأَتَوْاْ عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَى أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ قَالُواْ يَمُوسَى اجْعَلْ لَّنَآ إِلَـهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَإِنَّ هَـؤُلآء مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَـطِلٌ مَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ-(And they came upon a people devoted to some of idols.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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