وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَارُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَاقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ الرَّحْمَنُ فَاتَّبِعُونِي وَأَطِيعُوا أَمْرِي
Aaron had certainly told them earlier, ‘O my people! You are only being tested by it. Indeed your Lord is the All-beneficent. So follow me and obey my command!’
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 20:90
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 20:90] (see commentary for verse 9)
Ali Muhammad Fazil Chinoy Commentary
Commentary on Quran 20:90-104
Similar events followed in Islam, on the Prophet’s demise, when Ali was busy in burial ceremony, people having forgotten Ali’s right to succession as publicly celebrated in the Valley of Khum cast in their lot, under the influential companions’ authority with the mob and were thus misled, as were the followers of Moses by Samari. The world is a trial. God tried Muslims as He did Jews.