Answering Questions Through The Holy Qur'an: Was Aaron a Prophet? Did he receive the Scripture?

Was Aaron a Prophet? Did he receive the Scripture?

21:48 And verily, We gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion and a light and a Reminder for the righteous.

37:114 And verily, We conferred Favor on Moses and Aaron. … 37:117 And We gave both of them the clear Book.

4:163 Indeed, We have revealed to you as We revealed to Noah and the Prophets after him, and We revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the tribes, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron and Solomon, and to David We gave the Scripture.

19:53 And We bestowed him from Our Mercy his brother Aaron, a Prophet.

(According to the Jewish Bible, in Exodus 7:1, Aaron was Moses’ prophet, rather than God’s Prophet, in the sense of one who speaks for another (Exodus 4:16). So, Aaron speaks the words that Moses put into his mouth (Exodus 4:15). In addition, Exodus 7:1 and Exodus 4:16 say that Moses is “like God” to Pharaoh, and to Aaron)(This account might be in contradiction with the Qur’an. The Qur’an says that Moses said “and appoint for me a minister from my family. Aaron, my brother. Reinforce through him my strength. And make him share [in] my task” (20:29-32). So, the Qur’an uses the word “minister” (Waw-Zay-Ra), which, in Arabic is one who bears the burden of state (minister or a counsellor or assistant”). In Verses 20:44 and 20:47, both Moses and Aaron are ordered to speak to Pharaoh (“speak / say” are in dual form), rather than Aaron replacing Moses in speaking to Pharaoh. In Verses 20:49-59, only Moses and Pharaoh are talking to each other, but the Verses of the Qur’an are not mutually exclusive, but complement each other, so both had the duty of speaking to Pharaoh. Exodus 7:7 confirms that they (both) spoke to Pharaoh. According to Exodus 7:10, Aaron threw the staff down, but according to the Qur’an, in Verse 20:65-69, Moses threw that which he had in his right hand, so the Qur’an is correcting Exodus. Consider that the current Torah is not a reliable source because it is said that it had multiple authors and that its composition took place over centuries. See the link below, “Is the Bible corrupted?”)(The term “being like God to (someone)” in Exodus 7:1 and Exodus 4:16 should not be used. Being like god might imply worshiping the Prophet, that’s a major sin. Verse 3:79 prohibits the Prophets saying “be my worshipers…”. Verse 3:80 says, “he will not order you to take the Angels, and the Prophets as lords”, Verse 6:74 says, “Do you take idols as gods? Indeed, I see you and your people in manifest error”, etc.)(Allah knows best)

See also: Was Aaron responsible for the golden calf?

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/03/was-aaron-responsible-for-golden-calf.html

See also: How the Qur’an corrects Judaism?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/08/how-quran-corrects-judaism.html

See also: Did the Qur’an confuse Mary, the mother of Jesus, with Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron?

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/12/did-quran-confuse-mary-mother-of-jesus.html

See also: Is there any difference between a Messenger and a Prophet?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/09/is-there-any-difference-between.html