We summoned Musa to the mount of Toor for thirty nights and added ten more to complete the term of forty nights for communion with his Rabb. Before leaving Musa said to his brother Haroon (Aaron), "You will be in my place among my people; set a good example and do not follow the way of the mischief makers." When Musa came to Our appointed place and his Rabb spoke to him, he asked, "O my Rabb! Show me Yourself that I may look at You." He answered, "You cannot see Me. Look at the mountain, if it remains firm in its place then you will see Me." When his Rabb manifested to the mountain, He crushed it into fine dust and Musa fell down unconscious. When Musa recovered, he said, "Glory to You. I turn to You in repentance and I am the first of the believers." Allah said, "O Musa! I have chosen you from among mankind to deliver My message and to have conversation with Me, so take what I give you and be thankful."
We inscribed for him upon tablets all kind of instructions and details of everything, concerning all branches of life and said, "Observe these with firmness and enjoin your people to follow them according to the best of their abilities. Soon I shal show you the home of the transgressors. I will turn away from My signs those who are unjustly arrogant in the land, so that even if they see each and every sign they will not believe in it. If they see the right way before them, they will not follow it but if they see a crooked way, they will follow it; this is because they denied Our revelations and were heedless of them. Those who deny Our signs and the meeting of the hereafter, their deeds are null. Should they be rewarded but for what they have done."
In his absence, the people of Musa made a calf for worship from their jewellary which made a mooing sound. Did they not see it could neither speak to them nor give them any guidance? Yet, they took it for worship and became wrongdoers. When they felt ashamed about what they had done and realized that they had gone astray they said, "If our Rabb does not have mercy on us and pardon us, we shall become losers." When Musa came back to his people, he was extremely angry and sorrowful and he said, "What an evil thing you have done in my absence! Have you tried to hasten the matter of your Rabb?" He put down the holy tablets and seized his brother by the hair if his head and dragged him closer, Haroon cried, "O son of my mother! the people overpowered me and almost killed me, do not make my enemies happy over me and do not count me among the wrongdoers." At this Musa said, "O Rabb forgive me and my brother! and admit us to Your mercy, for You are the Most Merciful of all." Those who worshipped the calf did indeed incur the wrath of their Rabb and disgrace in this life, thus do We recompense those who invent falsehoods. As for those who do evil deeds, then repent and become true believers thereafter, Your Rabb is most surely, the Forgiving, Merciful. Quran Al-Araf 7: 142-153
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