The Story of Moses - peace be upon him - Meeting Pharaoh and the Rescue of the Children of Israel

Moses' first interview with Pharaoh and his entourage        

Allah says

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And when your Lord called to Moses, "Go to the wrongdoing people - (10) the people of Pharaoh. Will they not pious God?"

The Lord of the Worlds began by asking Moses - peace be upon him - to go to Pharaoh and his entourage and the Copts (the inhabitants of Egypt) and called them the oppressors. The worst thing you will see in life are the oppressors. God Almighty may be lenient with the disbelievers until their death, so He may give them and increase them perhaps, then He will never be lenient with them if they die in their polytheism. As for the oppressors, even if they are Muslims, God Almighty will not be lenient with them, neither in this world nor the hereafter. He may take them to task for their oppression in this world, or He may postpone it for them in the hereafter, depending on whether their injustice was enormous or ordinary, whether many people were wronged in it or few, whether those who were wronged among them were dear to God or otherwise, But Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, in the beginning and the end: does not love the oppressors, does not make them succeed, and their punishment is either postponed or hastened, and the hastened is always a lesson for those who want to take heed, and the people of Pharaoh will be their lesson throughout time and place because of their tyranny and severe oppression of the Children of Israel who were honored by Allah and they followed Moses with the first message that was sent down to him, then Moses - peace be upon him - knows who the oppressors are, the people of Pharaoh, and why did Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, not mention that they are the Copts (the inhabitants of Egypt)? Why did He attribute them to Pharaoh? It is said that people follow the religion of their kings, and if you notice that the Copts (the inhabitants of Egypt) were completely comfortable with the torment of the Children of Israel before their eyes and all that occupied their thoughts: was not to put their sons in hard labor instead of the males of the Children of Israel when they were annihilated by the systematic killing of them by the Pharaoh for fear of his kingdom.

Allah says

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He said, “My Lord, indeed I fear that they will lie me (12) and my chest will become constricted and my tongue will not be fluent, so send to Aaron.” (13)

Did Moses, peace be upon him, want to hesitate and not go to meet the unjust people out of fear of them, and present the hesitations to God, Lord of the Worlds? No: Rather, he lived with them and knew that they were stubborn people and would lie him. This is in addition to the fact that Moses, peace be upon him, was often emotional and when he became emotional, he would stutter in his speech. These verses that came on the tongue of Moses, peace be upon him, were nothing more than a presentation of a situation to the Lord of the Worlds to solve it, so that he would go without fear. And God is Most High and All-Knowing. In another verse, He said about Aaron: He was more eloquent than him in tongue. This is a pure heart (Moses, peace be upon him). It has been said that he is better than anyone’s guardian (Moses’ guardianship of his brother Aaron as a helper to him in the message). This is evidence of the purity of his heart and his self-confidence. He has talents that he does not neglect, his physical strength, his honesty, but he lacks fluency of tongue, so he asked for help from his brother. Yes, we as humans were sent down as enemies to one another (except for the righteous). So the righteous, wherever they are: they enjoin each other, not against each other. We came to complement, not to compete.

Allah says

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And they have a sin against me, so I fear that they will kill me (14)

The Copt was killed before he left Egypt

Allah says

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He said, "No! So go with Our signs. Indeed, We are with you, listening." (15)

God Almighty said, "So go." This is a direct command from God Almighty, then He said to him, "I am not with you by My power, but rather (listening) only.

Allah says

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So go to Pharaoh and say, “We are messengers of the Lord of the worlds.” (16)

Go, you and your brother, and say to Pharaoh, “We are both messengers of the Lord of the worlds”

Allah says

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Send the Children of Israel with us

Where will he send them with them? No one knows yet, all they know is that they are being held in a large open prison, being tortured day and night, in full view of the Egyptians. Human nature: After a while of the scenes following one another (getting used to the scene) and no one doing anything, God Almighty wants to bestow His blessings on the weak so that they do not remain weak throughout their lives. And whoever has lived in slavery to humans, even if it is modern slavery such as working without pay in order to pay off debts, knows that whoever is freed from slavery (any kind, old or modern) needs long-term psychological treatment, so they search for another sponsor or another slave to enslave them.

He said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and did you not remain among us for many years of your life?" (18)

Then Pharaoh said to Moses, taunting him about his upbringing: Didn't we raise you among us as a child when he came to his palace in a coffin across the Nile, and you stayed among us for years of your life? And companionship is only easy for bastards, as they say. But does an oppressor have companionship? Is it called justice to give me and prevent thousands from their legitimate rights? Good souls cannot accept the suffering of others, even if they are pampered and lack nothing. The idea itself is an intellectually undigestible idea.

Allah says

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And you did your deed which you did, and you are among the disbelievers (19)

That is, he killed the Copt, and the Copts: the inhabitants of Egypt were also enslaved to Pharaoh, but of a different kind of enslavement, a ideological enslavement, as they believed in the divinity of Pharaoh. As for Pharaoh’s saying: And you are among the disbelievers, killing one of Pharaoh’s slaves (the Copt: if the expression is correct) means implicitly that he is an unbeliever in the divinity of Pharaoh.

Allah says

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He said, “I did it then, and I was among those astray.” (20) So I fled from you when I feared you, but my Lord granted me wisdom and made me one of the messengers. (21)

He said to him: I did it and I was not among the guided ones at that time (killing is forbidden in all heavenly religions, even the religion of Joseph, the last heavenly religion on earth before the Jewish religion - as far as we know -) so I fled from you because I feared for myself from you, so God gave me (a ruling: prophethood, and made me one of the messengers: the message to the Children of Israel)

Allah says

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And that is a favor that you bestow upon me, that you enslaved the Children of Israel (22)

Then Moses - peace be upon him - said to Pharaoh: Do you grant me a favor by making my life a property (the king’s son) and giving me and bestowing upon me, and enslaving an entire nation (the children of Israel)? As if he was saying to him: This is not a fair division. I am one in front of thousands.

Allah says

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Pharaoh said, “And what is the Lord of the worlds?” (23) He said, “The Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, if you should be certain.” (24)

So Pharaoh asked: Who is the Lord of the worlds? Moses replied: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them: meaning not the Lord of palaces, possessions, money, etc. Then he ended his speech with (if you are certain).

Allah says

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He said to those around him, “Do you not listen?” (25) He said, “Your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers of old.” (26) He said, “Indeed, your messenger who has been sent to you is mad.” (27)

Pharaoh said to the surrounding elite (the people of Egypt) “Do you not listen? God is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.” Then he pointed to Moses, peace be upon him, and said that he was crazy. This is the basic argument with which he attacks all the messengers (madness), even though they are the most rational and perfect people in understanding and reason.

Allah says

????? ????? ??????????? ????????????? ????? ??????????? ? ??? ??????? ??????????? (28)

He said, “Lord of the East and the West and whatever is between them, if you would but use reason.” (28)

Then Moses - peace be upon him - said another rational argument (Lord of the East and the West and what is between them, if you only has reason).

Allah says

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He said, “If you take a god other than Me, I will surely put you among the imprisoned.” (29)

Pharaoh replied: If you take a god other than me (Pharaoh the god), I will put you in prison. This is the least thing Pharaoh can do, as he enslaves thousands of the Children of Israel in a prison where he is tortured in public. Isn’t Moses tortured in prison alone?

Allah says

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He said, “Even if I bring you something clear?” (30) He said, “Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful.” (31)

Moses said: What if I bring you a clear sign? Pharaoh said to him: Bring it, if you are truthful.

Allah says

?????????? ??????? ??????? ???? ????????? ???????? (32) ???????? ?????? ??????? ???? ????????? ?????????????? (33)

Then he threw down his staff, and behold, it was a serpent manifest. (32) And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to the onlookers. (33)

Moses - peace be upon him - began the divine performance that he had trained for on the blessed Mount Tur.

Allah says

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He said to the assembly around him, “This is indeed a learned magician. (34) He wants to expel you from your land by his magic. So what do you command?” (35)

We said previously: The elite are those who fill the eyes with splendor and magnificence, who fill the first councils in conferences and other places, so Pharaoh said to these elite, that this is a learned magician, and why did he accuse him of magic? We said previously: The Egyptians excelled in magic and alchemy, and the magicians were also from the elite, and he did not deny him knowledge, but rather said (a learned magician), meaning he has a powerful craft, and it is a kind of introducing doubt into the souls of those around him from the elite against Moses - peace be upon him - Then he told them another mental trick: He wants to get you out of your land (Egypt) with his magic, so what do you command? Do you know what made the elite doubt Moses? He made them doubt that he wanted them to leave Egypt, and Egypt was one of the rare civilizations at that time, so much so that the Quran spoke about the countries around Egypt as Bedouins in Surat Yusuf (...and brought you from the Bedouins), so that they would understand that they would give up the splendor in which they live for a lesser life. Not only that: Our master Muhammad Metwally Al-Shaarawy used to say in this verse: The Egyptians are among the people on the face of the earth who are most attached to their land even if they are foreigners from it, for the Nile River is the life of the Egyptians and they love to live in its shade as long as they are alive.

Allah says

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They said, “Postpone him and his brother, and send to the cities gatherers (36) who will bring to you every learned magician.” (37)

Then the leaders said: After they feared for their seats and their social standing: Postpone Moses and his brother for a while, and send to all the cities of Egypt, so that they may bring you every learned magician, meaning that if Moses was a learned magician who knew his craft, then numbers would overcome courage, and his affair would be exposed.

Allah says

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So the magicians were gathered for an appointed time on a known day. (38) And it was said to the people, “Are you gathered together? (39) Perhaps we will follow the magicians if they are the victors.” (40)

The argument of the Believer of the Family of Pharaoh: To Pharaoh and his Entourage        

It seems that belief in God has certain requirements at some point in your journey of faith, and your silence, submission, and work yourself do not know, God Almighty does not neglect it, and He will not let the believers down, but it is possible that He will bring your work from the rules and make it scattered in vain unless you are extremely afraid of severe injustice or something similar. The most important thing: A man from the family of Pharaoh said, and imagine the scene: the family of Pharaoh gathered around the Nile River, eating the best types of food and wearing luxurious clothes and the servants walking right and left, and this elite among them stands up and says such words (And a believing man from the family of Pharaoh, who concealed his faith, said: Would you kill a man because he says, “My Lord is Allah,” and he has come to you with clear proofs from your Lord?)

Allah says

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And if he is a liar, then upon him is his lie, and if he is truthful, some of what he promises you will befall you

How beautiful this rational talk is. If he is a liar, the circle of lies will return to him alone, and if he is honest, the circle of honesty must benefit from him, i.e. as he wants to say: give him a chance.

Allah says

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Indeed, Allah does not guide one who is a transgressor and a liar

Be assured that if God Almighty knew that Moses was a liar, He would never guide him or grant him success, because God does not guide someone who has gone too far in disobedience or who is accustomed to lying.

Allah says

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O my people, yours is the kingdom this day, dominant upon the earth. But who will protect us from the wrath of Allah if it comes to us? then he warned them that the days are cycles, so if what Moses was saying was true, today you feel the power and the kingdom and everything is under control, and tomorrow who will protect us from the wrath of God if it comes to us? The beautiful thing about the matter is that the believer of the family of Pharaoh is very humble, so he included himself with the group of infidels so that they would feel that he is no better than them.

Allah says

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Pharaoh said, “I show you only what I see, and I guide you only to the path of right conduct

In the midst of this rational, wise tone, the Pharaoh appeared with a deep dissonance: I only show you what I see, and I only guide you to the path of righteousness. I hope these words are in the right place, but unfortunately they are not in the right place.

Allah says

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And he who believed said, “O my people, indeed I fear for you like the Day of the Confederates (30) Like the way of the people of Noah, ‘Aad, and Thamud, and those after them. And God does not intend injustice for the servants.” (31)

Then the believer of the Pharaoh's family frightened them of the evil consequences of the previous nations, and they were still new to Joseph, peace be upon him - the Prime Minister of Egypt or the Minister of Finance at the time, and he had a heavenly religion that called people to monotheism, and he followed that by saying: God does not want injustice for the servants.

Allah says

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O my people, indeed I fear for you the Day of Calling (32) The Day when you will turn back and flee. You will have no protector from Allah. And he whom Allah sends astray - for him there is no guide. (33)

And the believer of the family of Pharaoh said to them: He is frightening them with the Day of Resurrection. Among the names of the Day of Resurrection is the Day of Calling: meaning calling out. The father calls out to his son asking for a good deed, but he does not give it to him. The mother asks her daughter, and the daughter asks her mother. The oppressed call out to the oppressors, and the weak call out to the arrogant: We were your followers, so can you protect us from the Fire? The Day of the Greatest Calling. Everyone calls out to whomever he is concerned with, and no one answers, Then He will say to them: On the Day of Resurrection, you will turn your backs, trying to escape, and you will have no protector from God. And whoever God misguides in this life, no one will guide him.

Allah says

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And Joseph had already come to you before with clear proofs, but you did not cease to be in doubt about what he brought you until, when he died, you said, “God will never send after him a messenger.” Thus does God leave astray he who is a transgressor and doubtful. (34)

He reminded them of the days of Joseph the Truthful - peace be upon him - and that when he died they doubted that God would send a messenger after him to the Children of Israel.

Allah says

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Those who dispute concerning the verses of Allah without any authority having come to them - it is greatly hated by Allah and by those who believe. Thus does Allah set a seal upon every arrogant, tyrannical heart. (35)

Arguing without knowledge or with knowledge is one of the most hated things by Allah Almighty - so much so that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said in a hadith: (I guarantee a house in the outskirts of Paradise for whoever abandons argumentation, even if he is right...) The outskirts of Paradise: its middle and highest part, meaning the closest thing to the highest paradise, and Allah is Most High and All-Knowing. So those who argue about the clear signs of Allah, such as the signs of Moses (the staff, the white hand, etc.), are among the most hated people in the sight of Allah Almighty. Likewise, Allah seals the heart of every arrogant and tyrannical person, so most likely the one who argues about the signs of Allah or mocks them...etc. is an arrogant and tyrannical person, these are attributes of Allah, the Blessed and Most High. Allah has attributes of majesty and attributes of beauty. Attributes of beauty (such as the Most Merciful, the Forgiving, the Generous, etc.) and He loves His servants to be characterized by them. As for attributes of majesty such as (the Arrogant, the Compeller, the Subduer, etc.), whoever disputes them with Him and tries to be characterized by them will end up losing, even after a while. What is the imprint on the heart then? Have you ever imprinted an image with a laser on a metal, for example? Can you remove this image afterwards without distorting it? Mostly it is difficult, and if you can, then know that whoever Allah imprints on his heart, faith will never enter him after that. We only ask Allah for permanent well-being.

Allah says

??????? ?????????? ??? ???????? ????? ??? ??????? ????????? ???????? ???????????? (36) ????????? ????????????? ??????????? ?????? ??????? ??????? ???????? ??????????? ???????? ? ??????????? ??????? ???????????? ????? ???????? ??????? ???? ?????????? ? ????? ?????? ?????????? ?????? ??? ??????? (37)

And Pharaoh said, "O Haman, build for me a tower that I may reach the ways (36) The ways of the heavens and look up to the God of Moses. And indeed, I think he is a liar." And thus was made attractive to Pharaoh the evil of his deeds, and he was averted from the way. And the plot of Pharaoh was not but in ruin. (37)

Did Pharaoh remain silent in the face of this great intellectual argument in front of his ruling elite around him? No, rather he said to Haman, his faithful minister: Build me a tower: (The tall building going into the sky; and moderns call it a skyscraper). If this indicates anything, it indicates the cleverness of the Egyptians at that time and their strength not only in chemistry but also in building towers. Why, Pharaoh? (Perhaps he will reach the causes) The causes of what? The causes of the heavens. So he see the God of Moses in the sky, and I think that Moses is a liar that there is a god in the first place. God Almighty comments on this tyrant: And thus evil was made fair-seeming to Pharaoh, and he was averted from the path of faith and guidance. And the plot and deceit of Pharaoh (was only destruction and loss) but everything has a time.

It seems that the dialogue continued, and Pharaoh's nonsense was not silenced by one of his faithful entourage who began the rational argument and said to the crowd:

Allah says

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And he who believed said, “O my people, follow me; I will guide you to the path of right conduct.” (38)

After the edifice, science and technology that Egypt had reached at that historical time, the one who wanted the Pharaoh to depend on it, the believer of the Pharaoh’s family wanted to restore the balance between matter and spirit, so he told them about the path of guidance.

Allah says

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O my people, this worldly life is only a temporary enjoyment, and indeed, the Hereafter - that is the home of settlement. (39)

He called them, “O people,” meaning, “I am from you and you are from me.” Have you forgotten that I am from the elite like you, a Copt like you, and an Egyptian like you? I am not from the ruins of the Children of Israel, but I believed in what Moses, peace be upon him, brought because he deserved belief. He reminded them that this worldly life is “temporary,” and that the Hereafter is the abode of true stability.

Allah says

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Whoever does evil will not be recompensed except by the like thereof. And whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - those will enter Paradise and will be provided for therein without account. (40)

Indeed, most of the heavenly laws are very similar in terms of laws and rulings.

Allah says

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O my people, why do I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire? (41) You invite me to disbelieve in God and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, while I invite you to the Almighty, the Forgiving. (42)

Then he addressed them with these words in a rational manner, hoping that they would benefit from them.

Allah says

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Indeed, that to which you invite me has no claim in this world or in the Hereafter, and that our return is to God, and that the transgressors are the companions of the Fire. (43)

Allah says

??????????????? ??? ??????? ?????? ? ??????????? ??????? ????? ??????? ? ????? ??????? ??????? ???????????? (44)

Then he concluded with:

“You will remember what I say to you, and I entrust my affair to God. Indeed, God is Seeing of His servants.” (44)

It is a comprehensive and comprehensive statement to this day. Whoever neglects, if he sees that someone around him is plotting against him, to supplicate this believer with true faith: “And I entrust my affair to God. Indeed, God is Seeing of His servants.”

Allah says

????????? ??????? ?????????? ??? ???????? ? ??????? ????? ?????????? ????? ?????????? (45)

But God saved him from the evil of their plot, and the evil of the punishment encompassed Pharaoh’s people. (45)

It seems that they planned to kill him to silence his voice instead of thinking about what he said and using reason in it.

A quick comment on the story

1- Faith can be kept secret in your heart and not revealed to anyone if you fear for yourself, but faith has requirements that must appear at some point in your faith journey with God Almighty - if necessary -

2 - The believer of the Pharaoh's family was not afraid to discuss his religious ideas among a number of deniers, laughers and mockers as long as he was right. In another verse in the Qur’an (So when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them)

3 - A strong argument against those who say that all the Pharaohs were infidels: It is enough that among them was the believer of the Pharaoh's family

The rest of the verses that Moses - peace be upon him - brought to the Finds to Pharaoh and his entourage        

Allah says

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And We had certainly given Moses nine clear signs. So ask the Children of Israel when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, “Indeed, I think, O Moses, that you are bewitched.” (101)

Allah says

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(And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and loss of fruits.) Surah Al-A’raf

Allah says

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{So We sent upon them the flood, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.} (Al-A’raf: 133)

The verses were consecutive

Ibn Abbas said, “And We gave Moses nine clear signs.” He said: The nine clear signs: his hand, his staff, his tongue, the sea, the flood, the locusts, the lice, the frogs, and the blood are detailed signs.

The Blood

Zaid bin Aslam said: The blood that was imposed on them was nosebleeds, so they came to Moses and said, O Moses, call upon your Lord to remove this blood from us so that we may believe in you and send the Children of Israel with you. So he called upon his Lord - the Almighty - and He removed it from them, but they did not believe. That is what He - the Almighty - said: (So We sent upon them the flood and the locusts and the lice and the frogs and the blood as distinct signs) one after the other.

The Flood

Imam Al-Wahidi mentioned this in his interpretation of these verses, saying: “So Moses prayed against them, and God sent down water upon them from the sky until the houses of the Copts (the inhabitants of Egypt) were filled with water, and not a single drop of water entered the houses of the Children of Israel.”

The Frogs

So God sent frogs upon them, and they filled their homes with them, and they suffered from them a severe harm that they had never suffered before, for they would jump into their pots, spoil their food, and extinguish their fires. They said: O Moses, pray to your Lord to remove the frogs from us, for we have suffered from them a great calamity and harm, and we will believe in you and send the Children of Israel with you.

The Lice

As for lice, which are ticks, they used to swim in their clothes, bodies, bedding, and food. Therefore, they would suffer the most severe suffering and harm from them while they were awake, asleep, and in all their other circumstances.

The Locusts

The locusts that God Almighty sent upon the people of Pharaoh in an unprecedented manner, so they covered the earth, and blocked the sunlight due to their large numbers, and they did not leave them with crops, fruits, or trees, so much so that it was said that they were eating the iron nails of the doors until their houses and dwellings fell down.

The sea

The incident of the sea splitting into two like two great mountains, and the incident of the two parts joining together, and the sea returning to what it was; both were miracles for Moses - peace be upon him - God - the Almighty - commanded him in the first to strike with his staff, so he struck it a blow that split it into two, and between them was the dry path by which God saved the Children of Israel from Pharaoh and his brutality.

The Witches' Meeting on  The decoration Day        

The people gathered for a specific day, which was the day of adornment. Pharaoh sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the nobles of his state lined up for him. The subjects stood to the right and left. Moses, peace be upon him, approached, leaning on his staff, and with him was his brother Aaron. The magicians stood in rows before Pharaoh, and he incited and urged them, and urged them to do their work well on that day, and they made wishes to him, while he prepared them and made them hopeful.

Allah says

???????? ????? ??????????? ??????? ???????????? ??????? ????? ????????? ??? ?????? ?????? ????????????? (41)

So when the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, “Will there be a reward for us if we are the victors?” (41)

The magicians, who were men of knowledge and wisdom, gathered and addressed their speech to the head of state and the alleged god: Pharaoh. They said to him: We will have a reward if we are the victors. In front of the elite and the masses of the Egyptians, they did not care that their work required a reward. As for Moses, peace be upon him, he would not take a reward from Pharaoh or anyone else for his call.

Allah says

????? ?????? ??????????? ????? ??????? ??????????????? (42)

He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will be among those brought near." (42)

Until now: Pharaoh was full of confidence that they were the winners, and that whoever came leaning on the staff of Moses - peace be upon him - after the kings were dressed, would come leaning on a staff and claim (in Pharaoh’s view) that it would turn into a great serpent. The most important thing: Pharaoh, who was confident in the magicians’ victory, said to them, “Yes, you will have a reward, and not only that, but you will be among those close to King Pharaoh and his entourage.”

Allah says

????? ????? ???????? ???????? ??? ?????? ?????????? (43)

Moses said to them, "Cast down what you are going to cast down." (43)

The practical debate ring began: Today is a holiday and people are naturally gathered together, and even more gathered together to see who will be the victor? So Moses, peace be upon him, threw the ball into their court - if so to speak - and they begin by throwing their staff and magic.

Allah says

??????????? ??????????? ????????????? ????????? ????????? ?????????? ?????? ???????? ????????????? (44)

So they threw down their ropes and their staffs and said, “By the might of Pharaoh, we will surely be the victors.” (44)

They started throwing their magic on the ground, most of it was sticks and ropes, and they swore by the glory of Pharaoh that they would be the winners.

Allah says

?????????? ??????? ??????? ??????? ???? ???????? ??? ??????????? (45)

Then Moses threw down his staff, and behold, it swallowed up what they were fabricating. (45)

Moses threw his staff (he had been trained by God Almighty - if the expression is correct) before this great scene, and his staff caught up with what they were lying about, the most severe kind of lie (as it seemed to the observer that it was moving, but in reality it was not).

Allah says

?????????? ??????????? ?????????? (46)

So the magicians fell down prostrating (46)

Look at the word (they threw) as an indication that it was not a pre-planned plan, but rather a spontaneous and instinctive one that suddenly arose, so they prostrated to God, Lord of the Worlds, because they knew that this huge serpent (Moses’ staff that turned into a serpent) could never be magic of the kind that they present to people.

Allah says

??????? ??????? ??????? ????????????? (47) ????? ??????? ?????????? (48)

They said, “We believe in the Lord of the worlds, (47) the Lord of Moses and Aaron.” (48)

They declared faith, even though they knew the consequences of this because of the tyranny of the claimant to divinity, Pharaoh.

Allah says

????? ???????? ???? ?????? ???? ????? ?????? ? ??????? ????????????? ??????? ??????????? ????????? ?????????? ??????????? ? ?????????????? ???????????? ????????????? ????? ??????? ???????????????????? ??????????? (49)

He said, "You believed in him before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your chief who taught you magic, so you will surely know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on alternate sides, and I will surely crucify you all." (49)

Pharaoh was enraged, became angry, stood up and said: You believed him before I gave you permission, then the magic turned against the magician as they say. He said to them: After they had been loved for a while, they became in the blink of an eye: He is your leader who taught you magic. This is how some people turn their opinions away from you and revolve according to their interests only. He threatened them (You will soon know) and began to list the type of torment that awaited them.

Allah says

??????? ??? ?????? ? ?????? ?????? ???????? ???????????? (50) ?????? ???????? ??? ???????? ????? ???????? ??????????? ??? ?????? ??????? ?????????????? (51)

They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return." (50) Indeed, we hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, if we were the first of the believers. (51)

Ibn Hajar said: The severity of death does not indicate a decrease in status, but rather it is for the believer either an increase in his good deeds or an expiation for his bad deeds. End quote.

It was proven that he, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: The martyr does not feel the pain of death except as one of you feels the pain of a pinch. Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi, who said: A good and authentic hadith.

The point of the story

The servant will do the deeds of the people of Paradise until there is only an arm’s length between him and it, then what has been written will overtake him and he will do the deeds of the people of Hell, and he will enter Hell.

The salvation of Moses and the children of Israel with him        

What does the phrase (Moses' saved from Pharaoh) mean to you? Pride - victory - empowerment after weakness - right? If you think about this, you have honest it. As for them taking victory without effort, this is impossible. As for them not paying the price, this is impossible again. As for the third impossibility: that Moses escaped without severe scrutiny for no reason other than that he was among the messengers of the dertrminations . The resolute messengers are five prophets and messengers from God Almighty (Noah - Abraham - Moses - Jesus - Muhammad), may God's prayers be upon them all. There were several prophets from heaven, but these five had lives full of hardships and challenges more severe than any other prophets. They were called that because they were very patient in conveying their message until God granted them victory.

1 - The first stage

The Copts of Egypt persisted in their disbelief in Moses and his message, their stubbornness and their standing with Pharaoh

Who are the Copts of Egypt

Copts is a word that was used to refer to the people of Egypt, whatever their religion was, and they were not Christians as some believe, as Christianity had not yet been revealed.

Did Moses come to them with a message, that is, to the Copts?

Of course, some types of torment were brought down upon them as a kind of miracles, and they were all sensory miracles such as blood coming down from the wells of water, locusts, frogs, and others. The West today calls it the wrath of nature, and believers in God in every age call it the wrath of God, or here it is a sensory miracle so that whoever believes may believe with clear evidence and whoever disbelieves may disbelieve with clear evidence of his matter, Pharaoh persisted in his tyranny, oppression, disbelief and tyranny, tempting his people away from the true religion. What is the evidence for this?

God Almighty said

{????? ????? ???????? ?????? ?????????? ???? ???????? ????? ?????? ???? ?????????? ???????????? ??? ???????????? ??????? ?????????? ??????? ??? ???????? ????????? ?????? ??????????????} [????: 83]

{None believed in Moses except a few of his people, out of fear of Pharaoh and his chiefs, lest they should persecute them. And indeed, Pharaoh was exalted in the land, and indeed, he was among the transgressors.} [Yunus: 83]

So the people of Egypt, call them the elite, call them the elite of the people - call them the Un - weak ones, those who believed among them were few because they were afraid of the brutality of Pharaoh and his people. The people: they are the ones who fill the first rows in palaces, parties, and other official ceremonies, and they are the ones who fill the eyes with splendor, and they are the ones with the high white collars, because the Copts of Egypt were afraid of these people, and of course Pharaoh as well, then God Almighty comments on this situation by saying that Pharaoh was arrogant on earth and was one of the extravagant.

2 - The second stage ((Making distinctive houses in Egypt))

Allah Almighty inspired His Prophet Moses and his brother Aaron - peace be upon them - to make houses for their people distinct from the houses of the Copts, so that they would be ready to depart if they were ordered to do so, so that they would know each other's houses.

Allah says

? ????????????? ?????? ??????? ????????? ??? ???????? ????????????? ???????? ???????? ??????????? ??????????? ???????? ??????????? ?????????? ? ????????? ???????????????

And We inspired Moses and his brother, saying, “Settle for your people in Egypt, houses, and make your houses places of prayer, and establish prayer, and give good tidings to the believers

The noble verse carries the idea of loyalty and disavowal, identity, difference, preserving religious identity in the midst of the public. Most importantly: God Almighty commanded them to make distinctive houses for the Children of Israel, and for there to be a qiblah between Moses and his brother Aaron - peace be upon them - to which the believers would turn whenever they needed something, even if it was something spiritual, such as steadfastness in faith. And God is Most High and All-Knowing.

3 - The third stage (Moses - peace be upon him - meeting his followers)

He advises them, confirms them, guides them, and connects them to the Creator of the earth and the heavens, because believers forget the reminder, and no human being was named except from forgetfulness. And the Most High says (And remind, for the reminder benefits the believers) So God Almighty said about Moses, peace be upon him, while he was encouraging the Children of Israel to adhere to the covenant of faith:

Allah says

{??????? ?????? ??? ?????? ??? ??????? ??????? ???????? ?????????? ???????????? ??? ?????? ????????????} [????: 84].

{And Moses said, “O my people, if you have believed in God, then rely upon Him, if you should be Muslims.”} [Yunus: 84].

We benefit from the noble verse: that trust in God - the Most High - is part of the faith journey for each person individually, and faith, although it is easy to say there is no god but God with a piece of paper you inherited from your family, trust is something practical and not just words, and although it is practical, it is an act of obedience of the heart, and the acts of obedience of the heart are not attained by believers except those who have risen in their faith, and trust is a test, it is not empty words I trust in God and that’s it, rather the test is severe: that He makes you in the frame of the picture alone without supporters, so if you resolve to move forward despite the many slackers around you, then you are truly trusting in God, and look at the words of the Children of Israel when Moses, peace be upon him, strengthened them

Allah says

{?????????? ????? ?????? ???????????? ???????? ??? ??????????? ???????? ??????????? ?????????????}[????: 85]

{And they said, “Upon Allah we have put our trust. Our Lord, do not make us a trial for the wrongdoing people.”} [Yunus: 85]

The fourth stage (Moses, peace be upon him, asked God Almighty to be harsh on Pharaoh and his entourage)

As Moses said on the tongue of the Holy Quran

{??????? ?????? ???????? ??????? ??????? ?????????? ???????? ??????? ???????????? ??? ?????????? ?????????? ???????? ???????????? ??? ????????? ???????? ??????? ????? ????????????? ????????? ????? ??????????? ????? ??????????? ?????? ???????? ?????????? ?????????} [????: 88]

{And Moses said, “Our Lord, indeed You have given Pharaoh and his chiefs splendor and wealth in the life of this world, our Lord, that they may mislead [people] from Your way. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so they will not believe until they see the painful punishment.”} [Yunus: 88]

Why did Moses, peace be upon him, curse Pharaoh and his entourage while he was outside their homes and raised on their lap? Moses, peace be upon him, understood that adornment, money, and children are great temptations among the 4 great temptations in this life from which few can escape safely and victoriously with God Almighty, namely (money, beauty, power, and knowledge). So whoever takes a share of one or all of them rarely loves God or loves His commands, glory be to Him, or at the very least, does not become preoccupied with them instead of Him, glory be to Him.

What was the reaction of God Almighty to the call of Moses and Aaron? Did He leave them? No, but He said to them:

{????? ???? ???????? ??????????????? {????????????? ????? ????????????? ??????? ????????? ??? ???????????} [????: 89]

{He said, “Your prayer has been answered. So remain upright and do not follow the way of those who do not know.”} [Yunus: 89]

The question here is

We did not hear about the destruction of Pharaoh's palaces or his entourage until they died, so how (was the supplication of Moses and Aaron, peace be upon them, answered)? Does God - the Almighty - not implement His word, God forbid, but He implemented them but in another way, that He bequeathed everything they had to Moses and Aaron and the believers with him? Of course, God is Most High and All-Knowing. The strangest thing is that He - Glory be to Him - did not answer their supplication immediately and thought no, but He ordered them to be righteous and not to follow the path of the corruptors. Why? Why does God Almighty burden the believers with commands and prohibitions in difficult times and leave the disobedient, criminals and corruptors as they are and increase the commands on the believers? This is truly strange, because the origin is that God should make it easy for Moses and Aaron because they are the ones who carried His call and spread it among the Egyptians, not the truth is that the righteousness of Moses and Aaron is the best thing for their call so that he does not fall for a moment in the eyes of Pharaoh and his entourage and be a zero number that can influence him. And God is Most High and All-Knowing.

The fifth stage (exit from Egypt to the Levant)

The decisive moment has come, which Moses, Aaron and the believers with him had prepared for years. Before we begin to talk about this stage, there is a pressing question on the mind: Why did they leave Egypt when they were going to inherit the palaces of the Children of Israel, their money and their jewelry? Why then the migration and the psychological torture? Migration is not a suitcase for a trip to the coast. Migration has a suitcase full of memories. The truth is that we do not know what God Almighty wants, but perhaps when God Almighty saves you from a real tragedy, do not sit in the same place where you were tortured for a long time. Go out and leave all the psychological and perhaps physical torture behind you. When you return, you will not find your country the same, nor you the same. Everything has changed for the better, the best and the most complete God' willing.

Back to the decisive moment

Allah says

{????????????? ????? ?????? ???? ?????? ?????????? ???????? ????????????? ?????????? ?????????? ??? ???????????? ?????????? ????? ???????? ???????????? ?????????? ??????????? ????? ???????????? ???????? ????????? ?????????? ???????????????? ???? ???????? ????????? ????????? ????????? ??????? ???????? ???????????????? ????? ???????????? ?????????????? ????????????} [???????: 52-60].

{And We inspired Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued." So Pharaoh sent gatherers among the cities. Indeed, these are a small band. And indeed, they are vexing to us, and indeed, we are all on guard.} So We brought them out from gardens and springs, And treasures and a noble station. Thus, We caused the Children of Israel to inherit it. So they pursued them at sunrise. [Al-Shu’ara: 52-60].

That is, Pharaoh pursued Moses, Aaron, and the Children of Israel with the soldiers and caught up with them at sunrise.

The two armies now saw each other: each group could see the other clearly. The believers who were with Moses, peace be upon him, were afraid, so they said their famous statement in the history of the heavenly religions:

Allah says

{?????? ?????????????} [???????: 61]

{Indeed, we will be overtaken.} [Ash-Shu`ara’: 61]

Because the sea was in front of them and Pharaoh and his entourage were behind them, death was certain. So Moses’ response - peace be upon him - was:

Allah says

{????? ?????? ????? ?????? ?????? ???????????} [???????: 62]

{He said, "No! Indeed, my Lord is with me; He will guide me."} [Ash-Shu'ara: 62]

As simple as that, and will this word reassure the believers with him? Did Moses, peace be upon him, have a strong personality? I mean psychological strength: you may find a fat man, when he sees a mouse, running away in fear, and you may see a thin, weak, strong-willed man shake everything he sees because of his psychological strength. Let us return to Moses, peace be upon him: The truth is that Moses’ faith rose in his chest to the highest levels of faith, as if he saw victory before his eyes, and this strength was enough to carry the believers from the Children of Israel with him.

Stage 6 (Meeting of the Two Groups)        

Allah says

{???????????? ??????? ???????????? ????????? ?????????????? ?????????? ??????????? ??????? ????????? ?????? ????? ?????????? ????????? ????? ?????? ??????? ?? ?????? ?????? ??????? ??????? ???? ????? ???????????? ???????? ???? ?????????????? ????? ?????? ???????? ?????? ??????? ???? ?????????????? ??????????? ?????????? ?????????? ????????? ?????? ???????? ????? ??????? ???????? ????? ???????? ???? ????????? ????????????} [????: 92].

{And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in oppression and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no god except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims now. And you disobeyed before and were of the corrupters. So this Day We will save you with your body that you may be to those who come after you a sign. And indeed, many among the people are disobedient." They are heedless of Our signs. (Yunus: 92)

We will not tell the usual story

Just remember that Moses, peace be upon him, after passing with the Children of Israel to the opposite side of the sea, tried to close the sea with his staff, but God Almighty forbade him from doing so. Then Pharaoh and his entourage, I wonder how Moses, peace be upon him, with his humanity and his well-known psychological impulsiveness, controlled his nerves in such a difficult situation to carry out God Almighty’s commands? Moses did not know God’s wisdom and did not understand it, yet he carried it out. We do not understand God Almighty’s wisdom in most of what happens in our lives, and we stand shocked and sad about our Lord’s position towards us, even though we believe in Him. Then things become clear and God’s wisdom becomes clear, but our father or mother did not do anything better for us than what God chose for us.

And look! The story of Pharaoh and his entourage, their palaces, their staying up late and their chatting in mockery of Moses and the believers with him has ended... A chapter has ended and another chapter will begin in which the believers will rise, the people of faith will rise and the truth will triumph for the first time in this part of long human history.

In conclusion

We benefit from the stages of Moses' salvation, peace be upon him, as follows

1- How much time passed between the mission of Moses and his escape from Pharaoh? The truth is that there is no real knowledge: but all we understand is that the speed of narrating the events in the Qur’an is not the same in reality, but rather years and years in which Moses, Aaron and the believers with him pass every day with psychological harm from the denial of the corrupt elite and he completed what God directed him to do without tiring or boredom or despair until God saved him, which is that salvation at the beginning of the road does not know its color, taste or smell, that is, it is something material and not spiritual, so how can it shine in the mind of those who await it without it being represented as something material in front of them as the Children of Israel hastened, it is the fruit of trust and it is all the actions of the heart and the materialities of this life have no role in its calculations.

2 - Believers are more severely tested than non-believers Saad bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested? He said: ((The prophets, then the best of the best, then the best of the best. A man is tested according to his religion. If he is firm in his religion, his test will be severe. If he is weak in his religion, he will be tested according to his religion. The test will not leave the servant until it leaves him walking on the earth without any sin upon him.))

3 - Migration from the country of origin is written for every believer, it seems, and it is uprooting and planting in other places that may not resemble us and we do not know anything about them. It is the will of God - may He be glorified and exalted.

4 - The outcome is for the righteous - The outcome is for the believers - The outcome is for the successful So peace be upon Moses and Aaron, the two greatest brothers in human history, who supported each other in times of hardship, and the brotherhood remained in times of victory, teaching and educating the Children of Israel.

The question that we must ask ourselves as Muslims

Are we truly believers? Are we upright in following Allah's commands? Are we not followers of the corrupt... If we were to wait for victory, when, where, or smell it, it does not matter. The most important thing is that we wait for victory with faith and certainty and know that many martyrs will fall from among us and that a few will remain whom Allah wants for something great. And Allah is Most High and All-Knowing.

Moses' dealing with the Children of Israel after their salvation