( إِنَّ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا الْعِجْلَ ) (Indeed, those who took the calf [for worship]): Those who worshiped the calf.
( سَيَنَالُهُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ ) (will obtain anger from their Lord): Allah’s (swt) Wrath will befall them.
( وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُفْتَرِينَ ) (and thus do We recompense the inventors [of falsehood]): Because they invented lies about Allah (swt), and about Prophet Moses and Aaron (PBUT).