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that it possessed no power to either harm or benefit them? (Surah Ta
Ha: 88-89)
Moses brought you the clear signs; then, after he left, you took the
calf (for worship) and were wrongdoers. Remember when We made
a covenant with you and lifted up the Mount above your heads:
“Take hold vigorously of what We have given you and listen.” They
said, “We hear and disobey.” They were made to drink the calf into
their hearts because of their disbelief. Say, “If you are believers, what
an evil thing your faith has made you do.” (Surat al-Baqara: 92-93)
After he left, Moses’s people took the calf (for worship) made from
their ornaments, a form which made a lowing sound. Did they not
see that it could not speak to them or guide them to any way? They
adopted it and so they were wrongdoers. (Surat al-A‘raf: 148)
As for those who took the calf (for worship), anger from their Lord
will overtake them together with abasement in the life of this world.
That is how we repay the purveyors of falsehood. (Surat al-A‘raf: 152)
They said, “We will not stop devoting ourselves to it until Moses re-
turns to us.” (Surah Ta Ha: 91)

As revealed in the verses some of the Israelites devoted themselves
to the calf and Aaron (pbuh) was forced to warn them repeatedly to stop
this perversion. The Surah Ta Ha reveals Aaron’s (pbuh) warning:
Aaron had earlier said to them, “My people! It is just a trial for you.

Your Lord is the All-Merciful, so follow me and obey my command!”
(Surah Ta Ha: 90)
When the Prophet Moses (pbuh) returns to his nation, he finds
them worshipping the calf:
And when Moses said to his people, “My people, You wronged your-
selves by taking the calf (for worship) so turn towards your Maker
and kill yourselves. That is the best thing for you in your Maker’s

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)