Surah Al-A'raf
وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ وَأَلْقَى ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ ۚ قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِى وَكَادُوا۟ يَقْتُلُونَنِى فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِىَ ٱلْأَعْدَآءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Wa lammā raja‘a mūsā ilā qaumihī gaḍbāna asifā(n), qāla bi'samā khalaftumūnī mim ba‘dī, a‘ajiltum amra rabbikum, wa alqal-alwāḥa wa akhaża bira'si akhīhi yajurruhū ilaih(i), qālabna umma innal-qaumastaḍ‘afūnī wa kādū yaqtulūnanī, falā tusymit biyal-a‘dā'a wa lā taj‘alnī ma‘al-qaumiẓ-ẓālimīn(a).
And when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How wretched is that by which you have replaced me after [my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of your Lord?" And he threw down the tablets and seized his brother by [the hair of] his head, pulling him toward him. [Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, indeed the people oppressed me and were about to kill me, so let not the enemies rejoice over me and do not place me among the wrongdoing people."
📝 Footnotes
286) The purpose of this question is to question their impatience in waiting for the return of Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) after his communion with God, which led his people to fashion a calf statue to worship just as they worshipped Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.