طه : ٨٦

  • فَرَجَعَ Then Musa returned
  • مُوسَىٰٓ Then Musa returned
  • إِلَىٰ to
  • قَوۡمِهِۦ his people
  • غَضۡبَٰنَ angry
  • أَسِفٗاۚ (and) sorrowful
  • قَالَ He said
  • يَٰقَوۡمِ O my people
  • أَلَمۡ Did not
  • يَعِدۡكُمۡ promise you
  • رَبُّكُمۡ your Lord
  • وَعۡدًا a promise
  • حَسَنًاۚ good
  • أَفَطَالَ Then, did seem long
  • عَلَيۡكُمُ to you
  • ٱلۡعَهۡدُ the promise
  • أَمۡ or
  • أَرَدتُّمۡ did you desire
  • أَن that
  • يَحِلَّ descend
  • عَلَيۡكُمۡ upon you
  • غَضَبٞ (the) Anger
  • مِّن of
  • رَّبِّكُمۡ your Lord
  • فَأَخۡلَفۡتُم so you broke
  • مَّوۡعِدِي (the) promise to me
So Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved.1 He said, "O my people, did your Lord not make you a good promise?2 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?"
Footnotes
1 The meaning may also be "angry and enraged."
2 That He would send down the Torah, containing guidance for you.
Thereupon Moses returned to his people, angry, with them, and sad, extremely grieved. He said, 'O my people, did not your Lord promise you a fair promise?, that is, a true [promise] that He will give you the Torah? Did the period, the length of my absence from you, seem too long for you, or did you desire that wrath should become incumbent against you from your Lord, by your worship of the [golden] calf, and so you broke your tryst with me?', and failed to follow after me?