And Harun (Aaron) indeed had said to them beforehand: "O my people! You are being tried in this, and verily, your Lord is (Allah) the Most Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order."

They said: "We will not stop worshipping it (i.e. the calf), until Musa (Moses) returns to us."

[Musa (Moses)] said: "O Harun (Aaron)! What stopped you when you saw them going astray;

"That you followed me not (according to my advice to you)? Have you then disobeyed my order?"

He [Harun (Aaron)] said: "O son of my mother! Seize (me) not by my beard, nor by my head! Verily, I feared lest you should say: 'You have caused a division among the Children of Israel, and you have not respected my word!' "

[Musa (Moses)] said: "And what is the matter with you. O Samiri? (i.e. why did you do so?)"

(Samiri) said: "I saw what they saw not, so I took a handful (of dust) from the hoof print of the messenger [Jibrael's (Gabriel) horse] and threw it [into the fire in which were put the ornaments of the Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people, or into the calf]. Thus my inner-self suggested to me."

Musa (Moses) said: "Then go away! And verily, your (punishment) in this life will be that you will say: "Touch me not (i.e. you will live alone exiled away from mankind); and verily (for a future torment), you have a promise that will not fail. And look at your ilah (god), to which you have been devoted. We will certainly burn it, and scatter its particles in the sea."

Your Ilah (God) is only Allah, the One (La ilaha illa Huwa) (none has the right to be worshipped but He). He has full knowledge of all things.

Thus We relate to you (O Muhammad ﷺ) some information of what happened before. And indeed We have given you from Us a Reminder (this Quran).

Whoever turns away from it (this Quran i.e. does not believe in it, nor acts on its orders), verily, they will bear a heavy burden (of sins) on the Day of Resurrection,

They will abide in that (state in the Fire of Hell), and evil indeed will it be that load for them on the Day of Resurrection;

The Day when the Trumpet will be blown (the second blowing): that Day, We shall gather the Mujrimun (criminals, polytheists, sinners, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, etc.) Zurqa: (blue or blind eyed with black faces).

In whispers will they speak to each other (saying): "You stayed not longer than ten (days)."

We know very well what they will say, when the best among them in knowledge and wisdom will say: "You stayed no longer than a day!"