Wama aAAjalaka AAan qawmika ya moosa (surah TaHa: 83)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(20:83) "And Moses, *61 what has hastened you to come here before your people?" *62

Wa maaa a`jalaka `an qawmika yaa Moosa

*61) From here the same account is resumed that was interrupted by the parenthesis (vv. 81-82). The Israelites were told to stay on the right side of Mount Tur, and they would be given the Commandments after forty days.
*62) This shows that in his eagerness to see his Lord as soon as possible, Prophet Moses had left them in the way and reached the meeting place alone. For the details of that meeting the reader should see VII: 143-145. Here only that portion has been mentioned which is connected with the calf-worship by the Israelites. This has been stated here to bring home to the disbelievers of Makkah how idol-worship starts and how deeply a Prophet of Allah is concerned about this evil.