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THE PROPHET MOSES (PBUH)

SOME MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE OF
THE PROPHET MOSES (PBUH) STRAY

and
WORSHIP THE GOLDEN CALF

fter Pharaoh and his soldiers were drowned in the sea, the
Prophet Moses (pbuh) set off with his tribe to a safer
A place. In the course of their journey, however, there oc-
curred further evidence of the some of the Israelites' poor faith and their in-
clination to transgression.
The people of Egypt practiced a polytheistic religion. They wor-
shipped numerous idols. During their stay in Egypt, some of the Children of
Israel were also influenced by this deviant religion. Some of the Children of
Israel failed to occupy themselves with the remembrance of Allah, and thus,
failed to follow the noble way of the monotheist religions they inherited
from the Prophets Abraham (pbuh), Isaac and Jacob, peace be upon them
all. In time, they came under the influence of the Egyptian culture, embrac-
ing some of their perverted customs and ideas. Their encounter with an
idolatrous tribe on their way brought to light this very tendency towards
idolatry. Some of the Jews developed an unwholesome inclination towards
the idolatrous practices of these people and asked the Prophet Moses
(pbuh) to give them an idol:
We conveyed the tribe of Israel across the sea and they came upon
some people who were devoting themselves to some idols which
they had. They said, "Moses, give us a god just as these people have
gods." He said, "You are indeed an ignorant people. What these peo-
ple are doing is destined for destruction. What they are doing is

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