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to Pharaoh and as a savior to the Israelites. Upon the Prophet Moses'
(pbuh) inviting the Egyptians to Allah's true religion and calling them to
forsake their idols for Allah, Pharaoh threatened everyone that: "If you

take any god other than me, I will certainly throw you into prison"
(Surat ash-Shu'ara': 29). As a result, only a few young people believed:
"No one believed in Moses, except for a few of
his people, out of fear that Pharaoh and
the elders would persecute them" (Surah
Yunus: 83). Some people who answered
the Prophet Moses' (pbuh) call to faith by
believing in him came face to face with Pharaoh's wicked and
violent methods:
Pharaoh said: "Have you believed in him before I autho-
rized you to do so? This is just
some plot you have concocted
in the city to drive its people
from it. I will cut off your
alternate hands and feet,
and then I will crucify
every one of you." (Surat
al-A'raf: 123-124)

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