Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[And now that he had come back, Moses] said: "O Aaron! What has prevented thee, when thou didst see that they had gone astray
Arthur John Arberry
Moses said, 'What prevented thee, Aaron, when thou sawest them in error
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(Moses) said: "O Aaron! what kept thee back, when thou sawest them going wrong
Arabic
قَالَ یَـٰهَـٰرُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذۡ رَأَیۡتَهُمۡ ضَلُّوۤا۟ ٩٢
Transliteration (2021)
qāla yāhārūnu mā manaʿaka idh ra-aytahum ḍall