88 Preface فَأَخرَجَ لَهُم عِجلًا جَسَدًا لَهُ خُوارٌ فَقالوا هٰذا إِلٰهُكُم وَإِلٰهُ موسىٰ فَنَسِيَYusuf Ali“Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image of a calf:1 It seemed to low:2 so they said: This is your god, and the god of Moses, but (Moses) has forgotten!”3See n. 1113 to 7:148, where the same words are used and explained.Seen. 1114 to 7:148.Moses has forgotten: i.e., 'forgotten both us and his god. He has been gone for so many days. He is searching for a god on the Mount when his god is really here!' This is spoken by the Samiri and his partisans, but the people as a whole accepted it, and it therefore becomes their speech.