[21] i.e., not only drowning in water but other things which are only known to Allah such as terror, pain, regret, etc.
[22] i.e., with your prophet to talk to him and receive the Tablets for your guidance.
[23] They were provided with manna (bread or honey-like food) and quails in the wilderness after they left Egypt.
[24] Moses chose a delegation of seventy people from the Children of Israel to go to Mount Tūr to receive the Tablets. He was in haste to meet his Lord, so he rushed to the appointment and arrived before his people, leaving them behind. See (7:143-145)
[25] i.e., the Samaritan (a man from Samaria), a hypocrite who led the Children of Israel to the worship of the calf, or to idol-worship.
[26] To send down the Torah for your guidance. [27] Of worshiping Allah alone until Moses comes back to them.
[28] They carried loads of jewelry of the people of the Pharaoh that they had with them, so they threw them into the fire in order to get rid of them. As for the Sāmiri, he threw the dust that he collected from the hoof-print of Gabriel’s horse.