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Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 92

Taa-Haa · Meccan · Juz 16 · Page 318

قَالَ يَـٰهَـٰرُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوٓا۟ ﴿92﴾
[Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "O Hârûn (Aaron)! What prevented you when you saw them going astray;
قَالَ qāla He said
يَـٰهَـٰرُونُ yāhārūnu O Harun
مَا What
مَنَعَكَ manaʿaka prevented you
إِذْ idh when
رَأَيْتَهُمْ ra-aytahum you saw them
ضَلُّوٓا۟ ḍallū going astray

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(Ayah 93,92){ قَالَ يٰهٰرُوْنُ مَا مَنَعَكَ … :} From Ayah (86) to (89) there is mention of the intense anger and sorrow with which Musa (peace be upon him) returned, his scolding of the people, and his questioning and answering with them. After this, in two verses, there is mention of Harun (peace be upon him) fulfilling the duty of enjoining good and forbidding evil during this period, and that the people did not accept anything he said, the purpose of which is to declare Harun (peace be upon him) free from any shortcoming. Musa (peace be upon him) had seen the people worshipping the calf; he was not aware of Harun (peace be upon him)'s efforts at reform and his advice, so he threw down the tablets of the Torah in a state of intense anger while scolding the people, and grabbed Harun (peace be upon him) by the head and pulled him towards himself (A'raf: 150, 151) and said, when you saw that they had gone astray, what stopped you from following after me and coming to inform me of their misguidance, so did you not obey my command?

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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The tafsir of this ayah is included with the following verse(s).