﴿ ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ﴾

“yet, even after that, We blotted out this your sin, so that you might have cause to be grateful.”

Then We pardoned you after that so that you might be thankful. The quickness [with which God] pardoned such a grave sin indicates the lesser weight of those who were pardoned. The words of God most high testify to that [in addressing the wives of the Prophet] Whoever of you commits manifest indecency the chastisement shall be doubled for her [33:30]. The children of Israel worshiped the calf so God most high said �Then We pardoned you after that.� To the community [of Muḥammad ﷺ] He said �and whoever does an atom's weight of evil shall see it� [99:8].