“Aaron, my brother”
On the mount, Moses asks Allah to give him a helper from his family: his brother Aaron.
وَٱجْعَل لِّى وَزِيرًا مِّنْ أَهْلِى ٢٩ هَـٰرُونَ أَخِى ٣٠Aaron
هارون
Aaron
Brother of Moses, whom he asked Allah to appoint as his support: “he is more eloquent than I.” He stayed with the people during his brother's absence and rebuked them for the golden calf.
His story, step by step
Each step links to the passage of the Quran that recalls it.
“More eloquent than I”
“He is more eloquent than I”: Aaron is sent with his brother to Pharaoh, to support him and confirm his words.
وَأَخِى هَـٰرُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّى لِسَانًا فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِىَ رِدْءًا يُصَدِّقُنِىٓ …
Against the golden calf
Left with the people, he warns them: “You are being tested by this calf. Your Lord is the Most Merciful: follow me.”
وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَـٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرِى ٩٠
Before his brother
Moses, returning, seizes him by the beard; Aaron explains that he feared dividing the Israelites in his brother's absence.
قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى ٩٤
His account in the Quran
by Mishary Al Afasi