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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

Moses (pbuh) turned away from it because he supposedly forgot' (Surely the
Prophet Moses (pbuh) is beyond this).
As a matter of fact, the Prophet Moses (pbuh) did grow up in the palace of the

Pharaoh and of course received an extensive education on Egyptian culture,

traditions, manners and customs. However, as God guided him to the true path

and made him a Prophet, he turned away from Pharaoh's deviant religion and

lived by the true religion of God. Yet with the speeches he made, Samiri tried to

give the wrong impression to his tribe that 'the Prophet Moses (pbuh) considered

this deviant and pagan religion reasonable and rightful as well'.

Of course Samiri premeditated all his steps beforehand and made respective

plans to show each phase of his dishonesty as legitimate, so that he could be suc-

cessful. Even before stealing hundreds of kilograms of gold, before carrying them

there, melting them and sculpting that giant calf statue, he had thought that 'he

would be able to exonerate himself with casting such aspersions upon the Prophet

Moses (pbuh)'.

What Samiri mainly planned with all these multi-phased tricks was 'to show

his tribe that he was supposedly greater than the Prophet Moses (pbuh)' and

convince them with the evidence he offered. His purpose was 'to discredit the

Prophet Moses (pbuh) and thereby emphasize that he is superior than him with

his intelligence, talent and speeches, and to make himself the leader of the Is-
raelites instead of the Prophet Moses (pbuh):

The next phase of Samiri's evil plan was 'to organize the martyrdom of the
Prophet Moses (pbuh), take his place and eventually rule Egypt'. In his twisted
mind, he planned to provoke Pharaoh and his men in his deep state against the
Prophet Moses (pbuh) so that they, he hoped, would assassinate Prophet Moses
(pbuh). He was blinded by the ruthless ambition for superiority and greed for lead-
ership. He believed that he was supposedly superior, wiser and more talented than
the Prophet in every respect.
However, all of these plans that Samiri made with his evil intelligence went
to nothing. Despite all his ruses, villainy and tricks, God nullified his sneaky
traps. After he received revelation, the Prophet Moses (pbuh) returned to his tribe
and rendered the ruse Samiri played, ineffective. In the Qur'an, a part of the con-
versation between the Prophet Moses (pbuh) and Samiri is revealed as follows:

He said, 'What do you think you were doing, Samiri?' He said, 'I saw what
they did not see. So I gathered up a handful from the Messenger's footprints
and threw it in. That is what my inner self urged me to do.' He said, 'Go! In
this world you will have to say, "Untouchable!" And you have an appointment
which you will not fail to keep. Look at your god to which you devoted so Right at this

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