وَٱجْعَل لِّى وَزِيرًۭا مِّنْ أَهْلِى ﴿٢٩﴾
And appoint for me a minister from my family -
هارون
Known in the Bible as Aaron
Harun is the brother of Musa, whom Allah made a prophet.
Musa asks Allah to appoint his brother Harun as a helper, to strengthen his back and share his task, and Allah grants his request. Allah says He gave Musa his brother Harun as a prophet, out of His mercy.
وَٱجْعَل لِّى وَزِيرًۭا مِّنْ أَهْلِى ﴿٢٩﴾
And appoint for me a minister from my family -
هَٰرُونَ أَخِى ﴿٣٠﴾
Aaron, my brother.
ٱشْدُدْ بِهِۦٓ أَزْرِى ﴿٣١﴾
Increase through him my strength
وَأَشْرِكْهُ فِىٓ أَمْرِى ﴿٣٢﴾
And let him share my task
كَىْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرًۭا ﴿٣٣﴾
That we may exalt You much
وَنَذْكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا ﴿٣٤﴾
And remember You much.
إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًۭا ﴿٣٥﴾
Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."
قَالَ قَدْ أُوتِيتَ سُؤْلَكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾
[Allah] said, "You have been granted your request, O Moses.
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ مِن رَّحْمَتِنَآ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ نَبِيًّۭا ﴿٥٣﴾
And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet.
Harun had already told the people that they were being tested by the calf, and told them to follow him and obey his order. They said they would keep to it until Musa returned. Harun tells Musa that the people overpowered him and nearly killed him, and Musa prays: “My Lord, forgive me and my brother.”
Ta-Ha 20:90–94Al-A'raf 7:150–151
وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرِى ﴿٩٠﴾
And Aaron had already told them before [the return of Moses], "O my people, you are only being tested by it, and indeed, your Lord is the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my order."
قَالُوا۟ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ ﴿٩١﴾
They said, "We will never cease being devoted to the calf until Moses returns to us."
قَالَ يَٰهَٰرُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوٓا۟ ﴿٩٢﴾
[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,
أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِى ﴿٩٣﴾
From following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?"
قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى ﴿٩٤﴾
[Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.' "
وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَٰنَ أَسِفًۭا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ وَأَلْقَى ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ ۚ قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِى وَكَادُوا۟ يَقْتُلُونَنِى فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِىَ ٱلْأَعْدَآءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ﴿١٥٠﴾
And when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How wretched is that by which you have replaced me after [my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of your Lord?" And he threw down the tablets and seized his brother by [the hair of] his head, pulling him toward him. [Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, indeed the people oppressed me and were about to kill me, so let not the enemies rejoice over me and do not place me among the wrongdoing people."
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِأَخِى وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِى رَحْمَتِكَ ۖ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ﴿١٥١﴾
[Moses] said, "My Lord, forgive me and my brother and admit us into Your mercy, for You are the most merciful of the merciful."
Arabic text: Uthmani script. Translation: Sahih International.
This story is taken from the Quran only. Details from other books are not added.
Harun is the brother of Musa, whom Allah made a prophet.
It is in Ta-Ha 20:29–36, Maryam 19:53, Ta-Ha 20:90–94, Al-A'raf 7:150–151. This page shows these verses in Arabic and in your language.