Tâ Hâ
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[20:97]
Said [Moses]: "Begone, then! And, behold, it shall be thy lot to say throughout [thy] life, ‘Touch me not!’ But, verily, [in the life to come] thou shalt be faced with a destiny from which there will be no escape! And [now] look at this deity of thine to whose worship thou hast become so devoted: we shall most certainly burn it, and then scatter [whatever remains of] it far and wide over the sea!

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* v.97 : Lit., “no touching” – a metaphorical description of the loneliness and the social ostracism in which he would henceforth find himself.
* Lit., “there is for thee an appointment which thou canst not fail to keep.”