And recall that We appointed for Moses forty nights. Then you took to worshiping the calf after him, and you turned wicked.
Al-Baqarah 2:51
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وَإِذْ وَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَأَنْتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ
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And recall that We appointed for Moses forty nights. Then you took to worshiping the calf after him, and you turned wicked.
Remember when We promised Moses forty nights. But after he left, you took the calf for worship, and you did wrong.
And remember when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights, but then, after he left, you worshiped the calf — you did wrong.
And when We appointed for Moses forty nights, then you took the calf after him, and you were wrongdoers.
And when We appointed forty nights for Moses, then you took to worshiping the calf in his absence, acting wrongfully.
And when We appointed forty nights for Moses, then you took to worshiping the calf in his absence, acting wrongfully.
And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [i.e., his departure], while you were wrongdoers.
And (remember) when We appointed for Mûsâ (Moses) forty nights, and (in his absence) you took the calf (for worship), and you were Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).
And [remember] when We appointed for Moses forty nights. Then you took the calf [for worship] in his absence, while you were wrongdoers.
And remember We appointed forty nights for Moses, and in his absence ye took the calf (for worship), and ye did grievous wrong.
And when We did appoint for Moses forty nights (of solitude), and then ye chose the calf, when he had gone from you, and were wrong-doers.
We appointed for Moses forty nights [on Mount Sinai], and in his absence you took to worshipping the calf, and thus became transgressors.
Call to mind that when We invited Moses for a fixed term of forty nights and days, you took to calf worship in his absence. Though you had committed a wicked transgression,
And when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights, you took up the Calf [for worship] in his absence, and you were wrongdoers.
Waith waAAadna moosa arbaAAeena laylatan thumma ittakhathtumu alAAijla min baAAdihi waantum thalimoona