قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى
How to read it
Qāla yab'na'umma lā ta''khudh' biliḥ'yatī walā bira''sī . 'innī khashītu 'an taqūla farraq'ta bay'na banī 'is'rā'īla walam' tar'qub' qaw'lī
(Aaron) replied: "O son of my mother! Seize (me) not by my beard nor by (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say, 'Thou has caused a division among the children of Israel, and thou didst not respect my word!'"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

