[20].Surah Taha [Tâ-Hâ]: Ayat 87-88

Ayat 87. They said: "We broke not the promise to you, of our own will, but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the [Firaun's (Pharaoh)] people, then we cast them (into the fire), and that was what As-Samiri suggested."

Ayat 88. Then he took out (of the fire) for them a statue of a calf which seemed to low. They said: "This is your illah (god), and the illah (god) of Mûsa (Moses), but [Mûsa (Moses)] has forgotten (his god).'"

[Tafseer] the Israelites, before they left Egypt , borrowed from the Egyptians 'jewels of silver and jewels of gold, and raiment"; and "they spoiled the Egyptians" i.e., stripped them of all their valuable jewelry. Note that the answer of the backsliders is disingenuous in various ways. (1) The Samiri was no doubt responsible for suggesting the making of the golden calf, but they could not on that account disclaim responsibility for themselves ; the burden of the sin is on him who commits it, and he cannot pretend that he was powerless to avoid it. (2) At most the weight of the gold they carried could not have been heavy even if one or two men carried it, but would have been neglible if distributed. (3) Gold is valuable, and it is not likely that if they wanted to disburden themselves of it, they had any need to light a furnace, melt it, and cast it into the shape of a calf. About the Samiri if the Egyptian origin of the root is not accepted, we have a Hebrew origin in "Shomer" a guard, watchman, sentinel; allied to the Arabic Samara, yasmuru, to keep awake by night, to converse by night: samir, one who keeps awake by night. The Samiri may have been a watchman, in fact or by nickname. Moses has forgotten: i.e., 'forgotten both us and his god. He has been gone for so many days. He is searching for a god on the Mount when his god is really here!' This is spoken by the Samiri and his partisans, but the people as a whole accepted it, and it therefore becomes their speech.

Hazrat Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, "O Allah! To You I have submitted, and in You do I believe, and in You I put my trust, to You do I turn, and for You I argued. O Allah, I seek refuge with You through Your Power; there is none worthy of worship except You Alone; that You safeguard me against going astray. You are the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists; the One Who never dies, whereas human beings and jinn will all die". 

[Muslim Book 35,Chapter 17, Hadith # 6561] 

Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Taha Ayat 88."They said: "This is your illah (god), and the illah (god) of Mûsa (Moses), but [Mûsa (Moses)] has forgotten (his god)" Even in the worst circumstances one should always have faith and trust in Allah, Allah (SWT) says "I am just as My slave thinks of Me when he remembers Me". Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave then any thing else.This Hadith highlights the merits of expecting good treatment of Allah. But this has to be backed by good actions, in the same way as one can hope for good results after ploughing and sowing seeds. It is obvious that one who accomplishes good deeds will expect good consequences, and one who does evil deeds will expect evil consequences. Allah will treat people according to their expectation that are founded on their actions, and the reward will match their deeds.