And, lo, We accepted your solemn pledge, raising Mount Sinai high above you, [saying,] "Hold fast with [all your] strength unto what We have vouchsafed you, and hearken unto it!" [But] they say, "We have heard, but we disobey"1 - for their hearts are filled to overflowing with love of the [golden] calf because of their refusal to acknowledge the truth.2 Say: "Vile is what this [false] belief of yours enjoins upon you - if indeed you are believers!"