152 Preface إِنَّ الَّذينَ اتَّخَذُوا العِجلَ سَيَنالُهُم غَضَبٌ مِن رَبِّهِم وَذِلَّةٌ فِي الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ۚ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجزِي المُفتَرينَYusuf AliThose who took the calf (for worship) will indeed be overwhelmed with wrath from their Lord, and with shame in this life:1 thus do We recompense those who invent (falsehoods).The consequences were twofold: (1) spiritual, in that God’s grace is withdrawn, and (2) even in the present life of this world, in that godly men also shun the sinner’s company, and he is isolated.