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Pharaoh's wife is another role model for believing women.
She witnessed from close up Pharaoh's violent nature, the ex-
tremes to which he took his denial, and how he oppressed the

Jews.
As "Pharaoh was high and mighty in the land. He was one
of the profligate" (Surah Yunus: 83) reveals, Pharaoh was a mer-
ciless and wicked man who subjected his people to violence.
For example, he did not harm women but killed their
male children. This punishment was unbearable. All of
Egypt belonged to him, and he lived in great
wealth and grandeur. No one dared to disagree
with him or rebel against him, for he was, by
Egyptian tradition, claiming to be the
god of the Egyptians and the
Israelites.
Allah sent the Prophet
Moses (pbuh) as a reminder