Meccan·Surah 20

طه

Surah Ta-Ha — Ayah 93

Ta-Ha

135 Ayahs·Verse 20:93
20:93

أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِى

From following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?"

Context in Surah Ta-Ha

Nearby ayahs help place verse 20:93 in sequence and meaning.

قَالُوا۟ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَـٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ

They said, "We will never cease being devoted to the calf until Moses returns to us."

قَالَ يَـٰهَـٰرُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوٓا۟

[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى

[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.' "

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَـٰسَـٰمِرِىُّ

[Moses] said, "And what is your case, O Samiri?"