Page 105 - The importance of conscience in the Qur'an

Examples of Those Who Were Astray 103

'here and now' and side-track the prophet.
Disbelievers often take recourse to similar 'distracting'
questions. Such questions will not save them from the eternal
wrath of hell. Advice and warnings are made to them at the
time in which they live; they are not asked to investigate the
state of the people who lived previously. The state of those
people is something that is known by Allah, the Lord of all
worlds, the Owner of eternal justice, Who does not forget
anything. Accordingly, the answer of Prophet Musa reveals this
fact quite explicitly:
He (Musa) said, 'Knowledge of them is with
my Lord in a Book. My Lord does not misplace
nor does He forget.' (Surah Ta Ha: 52)
Then Prophet Musa reminded Pharaoh of the blessings
Allah has bestowed upon people, and presented evidence of
His existence:
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. (Surah Ta Ha: 53)
Acting upon the sole purpose of protecting his position
and looking for a discrepancy, Pharaoh completely changed the
course of the conversation when faced with such clear truths.
He stopped asking questions about Allah and started to make
political accusations against Prophet Musa.
He resorted to such tactics because he was pushed into a
corner and could not get the better of Prophet Musa through
fair and rational means. He accused Prophet Musa of making
magic:
We showed him all of Our signs, but he denied