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THE PROPHET MOSES (PBUH)
the The Prophet Moses (pbuh) and the Prophet Aaron (pbuh). Allah reveals
as follows in the related verse:
They said, "Have you come to us to turn us from what we found our
fathers doing, and to gain greatness in the land? We do not believe
you." (Surah Yunus: 78)
However, as Allah relates in the verse, the accusation expressed in the
words "Have you come to us to gain greatness in the land" by Pharaoh
and his followers was merely an insincerely motivated attempt at slander.
The Prophet Moses' (pbuh) intention was far from desiring to rule Egypt; he
had only asked Pharaoh to send the tribe of Israel away with him. The
Prophet Moses' (pbuh) request was the release of the Children of Israel, an
enslaved nation who had been living under grief-ridden conditions:
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