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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar 35

Mount Sinai, he put Harun (as) in charge of them. But the
people put their faith in Samaritan’s calf statue and started to
worship it; they did not listen to the warnings of Harun (as),
even though he told them that the statue was a trial for them
and that their true god was Allah, the Israelites did not listen.
Although Harun (as) was a prophet, they rebelled and
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eyes and began to bow down to it. When Musa (as) came
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Samaritan knew that some among the Israelites did not
have the high level of consciousness that true religion gives
and were basically out for their own gain. He also knew that
they were not about to give up their worldly desires and he
could take advantage of these weaknesses. Finding his