And indeed We revealed to Mûsa (Moses)
(saying): "Travel by night with Ibâdi (My slaves) and strike a dry path
for them in the sea, fearing neither to be overtaken [by Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] nor
being afraid (of drowning in the sea)." (77) Then Fir'aun
(Pharaoh) pursued them with his hosts, but the sea-water completely overwhelmed
them and covered them up (78) And Fir'aun
(Pharaoh) led his people astray, and he did not guide them (79) O Children of Israel!
We delivered you from your enemy, and We made a covenant with you on the right
side of the Mount, and We sent down to you Al-Manna[] and quails, (80) (Saying) eat of the
Taiyyibât (good lawful things) wherewith We have provided you, and commit no
oppression therein, lest My Anger should justly descend on you. And he on whom
My Anger descends, he is indeed perished. (Tafsir At-Tabari) (81) And verily, I am
indeed forgiving to him who repents, believes (in My Oneness, and associates none
in worship with Me) and does righteous good deeds, and then remains constant in
doing them, (till his death). (82) "And what made you hasten from your
people, O Mûsa (Moses)?" (83) He said: "They are close on my
footsteps, and I hastened to You, O my Lord, that You might be pleased." (84) (Allâh) said:
"Verily! we have tried your people in your absence, and As-Samiri has led
them astray." (85) Then Mûsa (Moses) returned to his people in a state of
anger and sorrow. He said: "O my people! Did not your Lord promise you a
fair promise? Did then the promise seem to you long in coming? Or did you
desire that wrath should descend from your Lord on you, that you broke your
promise to me (i.e disbelieving in Allâh and worshipping the calf)?" (86) They said: "We broke
not the promise to you, of our own will, but we were made to carry the weight
of the ornaments of the [Fir'aun's (Pharaoh)] people, then we cast them (into
the fire), and that was what As-Samiri suggested." (87)