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فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَٰنَ أَسِفًۭا ۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُم مَّوْعِدِى﴿٨٦

Translation (Sahih International)

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?"

Word-by-word meaning

فَرَجَعَfarajaʿaThen Musa returned
مُوسَىٰٓmūsāThen Musa returned
إِلَىٰilāto
قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
غَضْبَـٰنَghaḍbānaangry
أَسِفًۭا ۚasifan(and) sorrowful
قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
أَلَمْalamDid not
يَعِدْكُمْyaʿid'kumpromise you
رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
وَعْدًاwaʿdana promise
حَسَنًا ۚḥasanangood
أَفَطَالَafaṭālaThen, did seem long
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuto you
ٱلْعَهْدُl-ʿahduthe promise
أَمْamor
أَرَدتُّمْaradttumdid you desire
أَنanthat
يَحِلَّyaḥilladescend
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
غَضَبٌۭghaḍabun(the) Anger
مِّنminof
رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
فَأَخْلَفْتُمfa-akhlaftumso you broke
مَّوْعِدِىmawʿidī(the) promise to me

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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