They argued, “We did not break our promise to you of our own free will, but we were made to carry the burden of the people’s ˹golden˺ jewellery,1 then we threw it ˹into the fire˺, and so did the Sâmiri.”
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قالوا: يا موسى ما أخلفنا موعدك باختيارنا، ولكنَّا حُمِّلنا أثقالا مِن حليِّ قوم فرعون، فألقيناها في حفرة فيها نار بأمر السامري، فكذلك ألقى السامري ما كان معه من تربة حافر فرس جبريل عليه السلام.
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel