وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَـٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرِى Qur’an Ta-Ha (20:90)Walaqad q a la lahum h a roonu min qablu y a qawmi innam a futintum bihi wainna rabbakumu a l rra h m a nu fa i ttabiAAoonee waa t eeAAoo amree
Sc., "and do not follow the Samaritan". This is in sharp contrast to the Bible (Exodus xxxii, 1-5), which declares Aaron guilty of making and worshipping the golden calf.
"Resist this temptation: you are being tested in this. Do not follow after the semi-Egyptian Samiri, but obey me."
The Bible story makes Aaron the culprit, which is inconsistent with his office as the high priest of Allah and the right hand of Moses. See n. 1116 to vii. 150. Our version is more consistent, and explains in the Samiri the lingering influences of the Egyptian cult of Osiris the bull-god.