EXCERPT FROM ‘MA3 AL-3BD AL-SALEH’ BY: AHMAD AL HASSAN
A.S.
THE ADVENT OF THE TRUSTEE BEFORE THE [ADVENT] OF THE PROOF (HUJJAH)
A continuance of the foregoing,
Upon him Peace, said: "They
ask you: 'How is it that the
Trustee/Vicegerant appears
before the Proof (Hujjah)?' For
this Haroun (Aaron) was
dispatched in Egypt before
Musa (Moses), and is indicated
by the Quranic Text: {And
[mention] when your Lord
called Moses, [saying], "Go to
the wrongdoing people -} {The
people of Pharaoh. Will they
not fear Allah ?"} {He said,
"My Lord, indeed I fear that
they will deny me} {And that
my breast will tighten and my
tongue will not be fluent, so
send for Aaron.} {The Holy
Quran Surat Ash-Shu`arā' (The
Poets): 10 -13}
This verse indicates that Musa
requested from Allah [that He]
send for Haroun, meaning, just
as He had enlightened him,
enlighten Haroun, which
initiated the call through
Haroun and prepared the
people for the acceptance of