And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him, while you were wrongdoers.
اردو — مودودی
یاد کرو، جب ہم نے موسیٰؑ کو چالیس شبانہ روز کی قرارداد پر بلایا، تو اس کے پیچھے تم بچھڑے کو اپنا معبود بنا بیٹھے اُس وقت تم نے بڑی زیادتی کی تھی
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Dan (ingatlah), ketika Kami berjanji kepada Musa (memberikan Taurat, sesudah) empat puluh malam, lalu kamu menjadikan anak lembu (sembahan) sepeninggalnya dan kamu adalah orang-orang yang zalim.
Ibn Kathir
The Children of Israel worshipped the Calf
Allah then said, "Remember My favor on you when I forgave you for worshipping the calf." This happened after Musa went to the meeting place with his Lord at the end of that period which was forty days. These forty days were mentioned in Surat Al-A`raf, when Allah said,
وَوَعَدْنَا مُوسَى ثَلَـثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ
(And We appointed for Musa thirty nights and added (to the period) ten (more)) (7:142).
It was said that these days were during the month of Dhul-Qa`dah plus the first ten days in Dhul-Hijjah, after the Children of Israel were delivered from Fir`awn and they safely crossed the sea. Allah's statement,
وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَـبَ
(And (remember) when We gave Musa the Scripture) means, the Tawrah,
وَالْفُرْقَانِ
(And the criterion) that is that which differentiates between truth and falsehood, guidance and deviation.
لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
(So that you may be guided aright), after escaping the sea, as another Ayah in Surat Al-A`raf clearly stated,
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَـبَ مِن بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الاٍّولَى بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
(And indeed We gave Musa ـ after We had destroyed the generations of old ـ the Scripture (the Tawrah) as an enlightenment for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that they might remember (or receive admonition)) (28:43).
المُيَسَّر
واذكروا نعمتنا عليكم: حين واعدنا موسى أربعين ليلة لإنزال التوراة هدايةً ونورًا لكم، فإذا بكم تنتهزون فرصة غيابه هذه المدة القليلة، وتجعلون العجل الذي صنعتموه بأيديكم معبودًا لكم من دون الله - وهذا أشنع الكفر بالله- وأنتم ظالمون باتخاذكم العجل إلهًا.