قَالَ He said qāla O Harun yāhārūnu What mā prevented you manaʿaka when idh you saw them ra-aytahum going astray ḍallū
[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,
أَلَّا That not allā you follow me tattabiʿani Then, have you disobeyed afaʿaṣayta my order amrī
From following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?"
قَالَ He said qāla O son of my mother yabna-umma (Do) not lā seize (me) takhudh by my beard biliḥ'yatī and not walā by my head birasī Indeed, I innī [I] feared khashītu that an you would say taqūla You caused division farraqta between bayna (the) Children of Israel banī (the) Children of Israel is'rāīla and not walam you respect tarqub my word qawlī
[Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.'"