Surat Al A`raf: (150-151)

{وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَى إِلَى قَوْمِهِ غَضْبَانَ أَسِفاً قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِي مِن بَعْدِيَ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَلْقَى الألْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ ابْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ اسْتَضْعَفُونِي وَكَادُواْ يَقْتُلُونَنِي فَلاَ تُشْمِتْ بِيَ الأعْدَاء وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِي مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ} [الأعراف: 150]

150- When Moses (peace be upon him) returned from the meeting of his Lord and Allah (Glory be to Him) informed him of what his people did, he got mad and said to them: How worse your action was: You worshipped the calf during my absence, so did you hasten the punishment of your lord and His Anger?!

He threw the tablets of Torah which he brought from his Lord out of his severe anger with his people and headed to his brother Aaron and grabbed him from hair believing that he had neglected in forbidding them. Aaron (peace be upon him) answered him saying that they outnumbered him. He added: O brother, the calf worshippers belittled me because of the few numbers of believers who remained with me to the extent that they were about to kill me due to the frequent advices given to them. So, do not grab my hair and do not get mad at me so that enemies would not be glad at this scene, and do not count me among the criminal oppressors.

{قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلأَخِي وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِي رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ} [الأعراف: 151]

151- When Moses (peace be upon him) knew the excuse of his brother, he implored his Lord saying: O Allah, forgive me what I had done to my brother, forgive him if he had neglected in forbidding them, and admit us into Your Wide Mercy in this world as well as in the Hereafter, for You are the Most Merciful.