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Surah Taha, Ayah 90 (20:90)

طه

وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ …

Quran 20:90 is ayah 90 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 318 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:90
وَلَقَدْقَالَلَهُمْهَٰرُونُمِنقَبْلُيَٰقَوْمِإِنَّمَافُتِنتُمبِهِۦ ۖوَإِنَّرَبَّكُمُٱلرَّحْمَٰنُفَٱتَّبِعُونِىوَأَطِيعُوٓا۟أَمْرِى٩٠
walaqad qāla lahum hārūnu min qablu yāqawmi innamā futintum bihi wa-inna rabbakumu l-raḥmānu fa-ittabiʿūnī wa-aṭīʿū amrī

And Aaron had already told them before [the return of Moses], "O my people, you are only being tested by it, and indeed, your Lord is the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my order."(90)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
  2. قَالَqāla(had) said
  3. لَهُمْlahumto them
  4. هَٰرُونُhārūnuHarun
  5. مِنminbefore
  6. قَبْلُqablubefore
  7. يَٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
  8. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  9. فُتِنتُمfutintumyou are being tested
  10. بِهِۦ ۖbihiby it
  11. وَإِنَّwa-innaand indeed
  12. رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lord
  13. ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُl-raḥmānu(is) the Most Gracious
  14. فَٱتَّبِعُونِىfa-ittabiʿūnīso follow me
  15. وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟wa-aṭīʿūand obey
  16. أَمْرِىamrīmy order

Tafsir (commentary) of 20:90

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This commentary explains ayahs 20:90–91 together.

Harun prohibits them from worship of Calf and the Persistence of the Children of Israel in doing so

Allah, the Exalted, informs of Harun's attempt to prohibit them from worshipping the calf and his telling them that this was only a test for them. He told them that their Lord was the Most Beneficent, Who created everything and decreed for everything its just measure. He is the Owner of the Mighty Throne, the One Who does whatever He wants.

فَاتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُواْ أَمْرِى

(so follow me and obey my order.) Meaning, "Follow me in that which I am commanding you with and leave that which I forbid you from."

قَالُواْ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَـكِفِينَ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَى

(They said: "We will not stop worshipping it, until Musa returns to us.") meaning, "We will not cease in our worship of this calf until we hear what Musa has to say about it." So they opposed Harun in this matter and they fought against him, nearly killing him.

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