Page 87 - The Prophet Moses (pbuh)

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

One of the calamities inflicted by Allah on Pharaoh and his people was a "famine."
Above is an ancient Egyptian fresco depicting Egyptians suffering from hunger.

Disasters were occurring everywhere in the land. In spite of them
however, Pharaoh and his inner circle did not abandon their perverse poly-
theistic practices; they were zealously devoted to the "religion of their an-
cestors." Not even the two miracles Allah granted to the Prophet
Moses(pbuh), that is, his hand appearing white and his staff turning into
snake, helped them abandon their superstitious beliefs. Utterly unwise,
they stated that they would not believe in him, even if they were to see oth-
er miracles:
They said, "No matter what kind of Sign you bring us to bewitch us,
we will not have faith in you." (Surat al-A'raf: 132)
Because of their reprehensible conduct, as Allah relates in the verse,
Allah inflicted upon them a number of calamities as "signs, clear and dis-
tinct" (Surat al-A'raf: 133), in order for them to taste torment in this world
too. The first one of these was the drought mentioned earlier, which caused
a detrimental decline in the production of agricultural goods.
The Egyptians' agricultural system was based on the Nile river, and
thus was not effected by changes in natural conditions. Even in the hottest

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