Moses returns, so that he may give his judgment concerning it.” So they did so. (1)

His statement, “So we threw them in”: that is, we cast them into the pit. “And thus the Samiri threw”: he threw into it the jewelry that he had with him. Sa‘id ibn Jubayr related from Ibn ‘Abbas: Aaron kindled a fire and said, “Throw into it what you have with you.” So they threw it into the fire. Then the Samiri threw into it the dust he had with him from the hoofprint of Gabriel’s horse. (2)

Qatadah said: He had taken a handful of that dust and kept it in his turban.