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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

fathers doing, and to gain greatness in the land? We do not believe
you." (Surah Yunus: 78)
In accordance with his ancestors' perverted religion, Pharaoh claimed
that he was a so-called god. (Allah is beyond that). He even went to such
lengths as to claim he was their most exalted Lord. (Allah is beyond that).
Allah informs us about this perverse attitude of Pharaoh in the below verse:
(Pharaoh) saying, "I am your Lord Most High!" (Surat an-Nazi'at: 24)
Because of their superstition, Pharaoh and his inner circle saw them-
selves as so-called divine beings. (Allah is beyond that). Their arrogance
stemmed from the fact that they were far from the love, care and compas-
sion, which are precepts commanded by the original religion. As a conse-
quence of their arrogance, they believed themselves to have the right to re-
sort to cruelty. Their mentality is conveyed in the following verse:
…to Pharaoh and his ruling circle. But they were proud and were a
haughty people. (Surat al-Muminun: 46)
Pharaoh exercised such a great influence over the people of Egypt that
all submitted themselves completely to him. They believed Pharaoh was the
sole possessor of the entire land of Egypt and the Nile river:
Pharaoh called to his people, saying, "My people, does the kingdom
of Egypt not belong to me? Do not all these rivers flow under my
control? Do you not then see?" (Surat az-Zukhruf: 51)
The Nile was correctly said to be life for Egypt. All of Egypt depended
on the Nile for agriculture. She irrigated the crops, provided potable water
for animals and people alike. According to Pharaoh and his inner circle, the
sole owner of these waters and the land itself was Pharaoh. Everyone in
Egypt acquiesced to his power and complied to his rule.
In order to secure his power and reduce his people to submission,
Pharaoh had divided them into factions and, by the help of his trusted ad-
visors among them, ruled over these weakened groups. In a verse, Allah
draws our attention to this situation:
Pharaoh exalted himself arrogantly in the land and divided its peo-
ple into camps, oppressing one group of them by slaughtering

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