Page 109 - The Prophet Moses (pbuh)

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

not include me with the wrongdoing people."
He (Moses said, "My Lord, forgive me and my brother and admit us
into Your mercy. You are the Most Merciful of the merciful." (Surat
al-A'raf: 150-151)
Upon the Prophet Aaron's (pbuh) reply, the Prophet Moses (pbuh) re-
leased him and turned to Samaritan, the actual person responsible for the
tribe's transgression. He questioned him about his wrongdoing.
The related verses read:
He (Moses) said, "What do you think you were doing, Samaritan?"
He said, "I saw what they did not see. So I gathered up a handful
from the Messenger's footprints and threw it in. That is what my in-
ner self urged me to do."
He (Moses) said, "Go! An outcast shall you be in this life, nor shall
you escape your appointed doom. Look at your god to which you
devoted so much time. We will burn it up and then scatter it as dust
into the sea." (Surah Ta-Ha: 95-97)
Here, it should be mentioned that Samaritan committed such evil acts
under the assumption that he was wiser and more farsighted than the oth-
ers. This arrogance of his can be clearly discerned in his words "I saw what
they did not see." These feelings of grandeur and pride caused Samaritan
be easily misled by the negative tendencies of his soul and by satan.
On the contrary, a true believer never acts on the assumption that he
is wiser or superior to other believers. He is aware of his imperfections, and
seeks refuge in Allah from committing errors. Even if he notices things oth-
ers fail to, he takes it as a blessing and a test from Allah, and behaves ac-

cordingly. If such were to be the case, he says only: "Allah made me see
this; the wisdom belongs only to Allah."
In the case of Samaritan, however, what he noticed was but what led
him to transgression and evil. In regards to these developments, the Prophet
Moses (pbuh) took two important measures against the evil Samaritan had
committed. He first distanced Samaritan, the source of evil and transgres-
sion in the tribe. The second measure was to abolish the idol completely.

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