81 Preface كُلوا مِن طَيِّباتِ ما رَزَقناكُم وَلا تَطغَوا فيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيكُم غَضَبي ۖ وَمَن يَحلِل عَلَيهِ غَضَبي فَقَد هَوىٰYusuf Ali(Saying): “Eat of the good1 things We have provided for your sustenance, but commit no excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly descend on you: and those on whom descends My Wrath do perish indeed!2Cf. 2:57 and n. 71; and 7:160.1 should like to construe this not only literally but also metaphorically-'God has looked after you and saved you. He has given you ethical and spiritual guidance. Enjoy the fruits of all this, but do not become puffed up and rebellious (another meaning in the root Tagha): otherwise the Wrath of God is sure to descend on you.'This gives the keynote to Moser’s constant tussle with his own people, and introduces immediately afterwards the incident of the golden calf.