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46 THE DEBASED CULTURE OF SUPERFICIALITY
Pharaoh was mentally unbalanced. He desired power and
wealth, and rejected the fact that Allah was the real Lord of
his wealth. He was a tyrannical dictator who wanted to be
extolled for his riches and material power.
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Musa (as) was brought up in the house of someone with
such a mindset. But he was completely different from the
others because of his deep faith and awareness. He was a
sincere believer with a superior moral character, and a moral
understanding totally different from that of the surrounding
community. Pharaoh and other deniers lived in moral laxi-
ty; they were praised for their possessions, were arrogant,
and belittled and degraded others. They were self-satisfied,
heedless, and their hopes and ideals were circumscribed by
this Earthly life. Musa (as), however, was far superior with
his morality and noble personality. In the Qur’an, Allah calls
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bad moral character of Pharaoh, unique to deniers, Musa
(as) had the kind of character proper to believers; he was a
noble person. [For more detailed information, see Harun
Yahya’s, The Prophet Musa (as)]
In stories related in the Qur’an about the lives of Musa
(as) and other prophets, we can see that they lived among
people with very different characters and beliefs. But the
