90 Preface وَلَقَد قالَ لَهُم هارونُ مِن قَبلُ يا قَومِ إِنَّما فُتِنتُم بِهِ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ الرَّحمٰنُ فَاتَّبِعوني وَأَطيعوا أَمريYusuf AliAaron had already, before this said to them: “O my people! ye are being tested in this:1 for verily your Lord is (God) Most Gracious; so follow me and obey my command.”2“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 God and the right hand of Moses. See n. 1116 to 7:150. Our version is more consistent, and explains, through the example of the Samiri, the lingering influences of the Egyptian cult of Osiris the bull-god.