as-Samiri

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As-Samiri is a figure mentioned in the Qur’an, traditionally portrayed as the person who led the Israelites into worshipping the golden calf during Prophet Musa’s (Moses’) absence.

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Label Occurrences
as-Samiri canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Qur'anic figure ⓘ
religious figure ⓘ
accusedBy Prophet Musa ⓘ
linked to: Prophet Harun
accusedOf misguiding the people ⓘ
action fashioned or facilitated the making of the golden calf ⓘ
led some Israelites into shirk (idolatry) ⓘ
associatedWith Bani Isra'il ⓘ
linked to: Israelites

Children of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israelites

golden calf ⓘ
contemporaryOf Aaron ⓘ
Harun ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
Prophet Musa ⓘ
linked to: Prophet Harun
contrastedWith Harun who opposed the calf worship ⓘ
identityStatus historically debated ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
mentionedIn Qur'an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
mentionedInSurah Surah Ta-Ha ⓘ
mentionedInSurahNumber 20 ⓘ
mentionedInVerseRange Qur'an 20:85-97 ⓘ
moralLessonAssociated condemnation of idolatry ⓘ
danger of following deceivers ⓘ
nameInArabicScript السامري ⓘ
narrativeSetting after the Exodus from Egypt ⓘ
during Musa's absence on Mount Sinai ⓘ
portrayedAs deceiver ⓘ
misleader ⓘ
possibleEtymology linked by some scholars to 'Samaritan' ⓘ
linked to: Samaritanism
primarySourcePassage Qur'an 20:85 ⓘ
Qur'an 20:87 ⓘ
Qur'an 20:95 ⓘ
Qur'an 20:96 ⓘ
punishmentDescribedAs lifetime of saying 'no contact' (la misas) ⓘ
social isolation ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
roleInNarrative instigator of the worship of the golden calf ⓘ
scripturalSourceType Islamic scripture ⓘ
seenAs symbol of misguidance in Islamic exegesis ⓘ
subjectOf Islamic tafsir discussions ⓘ
classical Islamic theological debates about identity ⓘ

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