Harun

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Travelers at the pilgrimage site of the prophet Aron on the biblical mountain Hor, which is said to correspond to the Jabal Harun in Jordan. Colored lithograph by Louis Haghe , 1849.
Qubba for Harun on the mountain peak of the same name near the Jordanian Petra

Harun ( Arabic هارون, DMG Hārūn ) corresponds to the biblical Aaron (Hebrew Aharon). He is one of the prophets of Islam .

Harun is the older brother of the prophet Musa ( Moses ) and son of Imran. According to the Koran , Musa and Harun were sent by Allah ( God ) to the people of Israel to free them from the tyranny of Pharaoh. Musa says of his brother that he is a better speaker than him.

Verses 7 : 142.150 are important references for Harun in the Koran ; 20 : 30.71.90.92; 25 : 35; 26 : 48; 28 : 34 and 37 : 114.120. Further mentions are made in 2: 248; 4: 163; 6:84; 7:122; 10:75; 19: 28.54; 21:48 and 23:45.

His alleged tomb ( Qubba ) is on the top of a rocky mountain a few kilometers southwest of Petra in Jordan. Jebel Harun is a pilgrimage destination.

One of the most famous bearers of his name is the fifth Abbasid caliph Hārūn ar-Raschīd (around 763-809).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Musa: “... my brother Harun - he is more eloquent than me with his tongue; therefore send him as a helper with me, so that he confirms me. "Sura 28 ( al-Qisas ), verse 34.
  2. ↑ Paula Kouki: Changing times, continuing traditions: the transfer of religious traditions at Jabal Harun. In: Tiina Äikäs, Sanna Lipkin, Salmi Anna-Kaisa (Eds.): Archeology of Social Relations: Ten Case Studies by Finnish Archaeologists. ( Studia Humaniora Ouluensia, Volume 12) University of Oulu, Oulu (Finland) 2012, pp. 103-118