His saying: "O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil" — meaning: he was not an adulterer. Qatadah said: It is not Aaron the brother of Moses, but rather another Aaron who was called Aaron the Pious, being beloved among his clan. The meaning is: O you who are similar to Aaron in his worship and his excellence.
قَوْلُهُ: ﴿يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبوك امْرأ سوء﴾ أَيْ: مَا كَانَ زَانِيًا. قَالَ قَتَادَةُ: لَيْسَ بِهَارُونَ أَخِي مُوسَى، وَلَكِنَّهُ هَارُونُ آخَرُ كَانَ يُسَمَّى هَارُونَ الصَّالِحَ الْمُحَبَّبَ فِي عَشِيرَتِهِ، الْمَعْنَى: يَا شَبِيهَةَ هَارُونَ فِي عِبَادَته وفضله.
