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Section 17 (142-147)
142. WawaAAadna moosa thalatheena laylatan waatmamnaha biAAashrin fatamma
meeqatu rabbihi arbaAAeena laylatan waqala moosa li-akheehi haroona okhlufnee fee
qawmee waaslih wala tattabiAA sabeela almufsideen
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142. We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed (the period) with ten (more):
thus was completed the term (of communion) with his Lord, forty nights. And Moses had
charged his brother Aaron (before he went up): "Act for me amongst my peopl e: Do
right, and follow not the way of those who do mischief."
143. Walamma jaa moosa limeeqatina wakallamahu rabbuhu qala rabbi arinee an
th
ur
ilayka qala lan taranee walakini on
th
ur ila aljabali fa-ini istaqarra makanahu fasawfa
taranee falamma tajalla rabbuhu liljabali jaAAalahu dakkan wakharra moosa saAAiqan
falamma afaqa qala subhanaka tubtu ilayka waana awwalu almu/mineen
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143. When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed him, He
said: "O my Lord! show (Thyself) to me, that I may look upon thee." God said: "By no
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