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Surah 20. Ta-Ha, Ayah 90

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وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَـٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرِى
Walaqad q a la lahum h a roonu min qablu y a qawmi innam a futintum bihi wainna rabbakumu a l rra h m a nu fa i ttabiAAoonee waa t eeAAoo amree
And, indeed, even before [the return of Moses] had Aaron said unto them: "O my people! You are but being tempted to evil by this [idol] - for, behold, your [only] Sustainer is the Most Gracious! Follow me, then, and obey my bidding!"77
  - Mohammad Asad

Sc., "and do not follow the Samaritan". This is in sharp contrast to the Bible (Exodus xxxii, 1-5), which declares Aaron guilty of making and worshipping the golden calf.

Haroon had already told them: "O my people! This is but a test for you; for verily your Rabb is the Rahman (Allah): so follow me and do as I command you."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Aaron had already warned them beforehand, 'O my people! You are only being tested by this, for indeed your 'one true' Lord is the Most Compassionate. So follow me and obey my orders.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Aaron had already before this said to them: "O my people! ye are being tested in this: for verily your Lord is (Allah) Most Gracious: so follow me and obey my command." 2613 2614
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Resist this temptation: you are being tested in this. Do not follow after the semi-Egyptian Samiri, but obey me."

The Bible story makes Aaron the culprit, which is inconsistent with his office as the high priest of Allah and the right hand of Moses. See n. 1116 to vii. 150. Our version is more consistent, and explains in the Samiri the lingering influences of the Egyptian cult of Osiris the bull-god.

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