وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ غَضْبَانَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِي مِن بَعْدِي ۖ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ وَأَلْقَى الْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُ إِلَيْهِ ۚ قَالَ ابْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ اسْتَضْعَفُونِي وَكَادُوا يَقْتُلُونَنِي فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِيَ الْأَعْدَاءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِي مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

Dan tatkala Musa telah kembali kepada kaumnya dengan marah dan sedih hati berkatalah dia: "Alangkah buruknya perbuatan yang kamu kerjakan sesudah kepergianku! Apakah kamu hendak mendahului janji Tuhanmu? Dan Musapun melemparkan luh-luh (Taurat) itu dan memegang (rambut) kepala saudaranya (Harun) sambil menariknya ke arahnya, Harun berkata: "Hai anak ibuku, sesungguhnya kaum ini telah menganggapku lemah dan hampir-hampir mereka membunuhku, sebab itu janganlah kamu menjadikan musuh-musuh gembira melihatku, dan janganlah kamu masukkan aku ke dalam golongan orang-orang yang zalim"

And when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How wretched is that by which you have replaced me after [my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of your Lord?" And he threw down the tablets and seized his brother by [the hair of] his head, pulling him toward him. [Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, indeed the people oppressed me and were about to kill me, so let not the enemies rejoice over me and do not place me among the wrongdoing people."