The Criterion
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[25:35]
AND, INDEED, [long before Muhammad] We vouchsafed revelation unto Moses, and appointed his brother Aaron to help him to bear his burden;

---

* v.35 : For this rendering of the term wazīr, see note 18 on 20:29. The mention, at this place, of Moses and Aaron – and of Noah, etc., in the following verses – is intended to remind us of the statement in verse 31 above that “against every prophet We have set up enemies from among those who are lost in sin.”