قَالُوا مَا أَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلَٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَا أَوْزَارًا مِّن زِينَةِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَاهَا فَكَذَٰلِكَ أَلْقَى السَّامِرِيُّ

Mereka berkata: "Kami sekali-kali tidak melanggar perjanjianmu dengan kemauan kami sendiri, tetapi kami disuruh membawa beban-beban dari perhiasan kaum itu, maka kami telah melemparkannya, dan demikian pula Samiri melemparkannya",

They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and thus did the Samiri throw."