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did and were ungrateful.' He said, 'At the time I did it I was one of the
misguided and so I fled from you when I was in fear of you but my
Lord gave me right judgement and made me one of the Messengers.
And anyway you can only reproach me with this favour because you
made the tribe of Israel into slaves!' (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 18-22)
The Prophet Musa's (as) Communication of
Religion to Pharaoh
Pharaoh said, 'What is the Lord of all the worlds?' He said, 'The Lord
of the heavens and the earth and everything between them if you
knew for sure.' (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 23-24)
He said, 'Your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers, the previous
peoples.' (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 26)
He said, 'The Lord of the East and the West and everything between
them if you used your intellect.' (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 28)
He said, 'Our Lord is He Who gives each thing its created form and
then guides it.' He said, 'What about the previous generations?' He
said, 'Knowledge of them is with my Lord in a Book. My Lord does not
misplace nor does He forget.' It is He Who made the earth a cradle for
you and threaded pathways for you through it and sent down water
from the sky by which We have brought forth various different types
of plants. Eat and pasture your cattle. Certainly there are Signs in that
for people of sound intellect. From it We created you, to it We will re-
turn you, and from it We will bring you forth a second time. (Surah Ta
Ha, 50-55)
Pharaoh's Insolence
He said to those around him, 'Are you listening?' (Surat ash-Shu'ara',
25)
He said, 'This Messenger, who has been sent to you, is mad.' (Surat
ash-Shu'ara', 27)
He said, 'If you take any god other than me, I will certainly throw
you into prison.' (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 29)
Miracles the Prophet Musa (as) Performed
He said, 'Even if I were to bring you something undeniable?' He
said, 'Produce it then if you are someone telling the truth.' So He threw