Al-A'raaf (The Heights)
Verse 138
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138. “And We made the Children of Israel pass the sea; then they came upon a people cleaving to idols they had. They said: ‘O’ Moses! make for us a god, as they have gods’. He (Moses) said: ‘Verily you are a people behaving ignorantly’.”
Those expert sorcerers of Pharaoh, who were dealing with sorcery and magic during all their lives, became such good believers by seeing a miracle that Pharaoh’s terrible threats could not change their decision.
But, some of the followers of Moses, who saw all those great miracles, were so weak that they even asked him (as) for an idol, and the observation of a deviated scene of idolatry drew them toward perversity.
The verse says:
“And We made the Children of Israel pass the sea; then they came upon a people cleaving to idols they had. They said: ‘O’ Moses! make for us a god, as they have gods’. He (Moses) said: ‘Verily you are a people behaving ignorantly’.”
Therefore, as long as a group of people have not become strong enough in their true belief and faith, they should not migrate unto some perverted and dangerous regions, because invironments may affect on them, and communities are always exposed to the danger of aberration.
Also, sometimes it happens that watching an unappropriate view (of a film, a picture, or a society) spoils all the training efforts of the leaders.