The Holy Quran 20:97 — Surah Taha

Arabic text

قَالَ فَٱذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّن تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِى ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا ۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ نَسْفًا

Translation

He (Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام) said, "Go (away from here)! Your punishment in this world shall be that you wander around saying, 'Do not touch!' (Allaah made it such that whenever someone touched Saamiri, or he touched anyone, both persons would be immediately affected by severe fever. Therefore, people stayed far from him and he vehemently avoided them.) You certainly have an appointment (with death) that you cannot miss. Look at your Ilaah (the calf) to which you remained so devoted. We will surely burn it and then (widely) scatter it (its remains) well in the ocean (until no trace of it is left)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The punishment of the Samiri: that is, [he will say]: “Do not touch me; keep away from me.” Since he had staged the show of the calf out of love of status and power, so that people would be with him and acknowledge him as their chief, he received a fitting punishment: no one may come near him, and whoever approaches, he himself warns to keep away.

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