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Sura 20
Aya 97
97
قالَ فَاذهَب فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِي الحَياةِ أَن تَقولَ لا مِساسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوعِدًا لَن تُخلَفَهُ ۖ وَانظُر إِلىٰ إِلٰهِكَ الَّذي ظَلتَ عَلَيهِ عاكِفًا ۖ لَنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُ فِي اليَمِّ نَسفًا

Muhammad Asad

Said [Moses]; "Begone, then! And, behold, it shall be thy lot to say throughout [thy] life, 'Touch me not!'1 But, verily, [in the life to come] thou shalt be faced with a destiny from which there will be no escape!2 And [now] look at this deity of thine to whose worship thou hast become so devoted: we shall most certainly burn it, and then scatter [whatever remains of] it far and wide over the sea!
  • Lit., "no touching" - a metaphorical description of the loneliness and the social ostracism in which he would henceforth find himself.
  • Lit., "there is for thee an appointment which thou canst not fail to keep".