Page 289 - Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya

Pharaoh and those people close to him were so devoted to their
polytheistic system and pagan beliefs that not even message of Prophet
Musa (as), armed with wisdom and spectacular miracles, could soften
their hearts and thus turn them away from baseless superstitions. They

also openly stated this fact:
They said, "No matter what kind of sign you bring us to bewitch us, we
will not believe in you." (Qur'an, 7:132)
Because of their haughty attitude, Allah sent to them afflictions,
described as "Signs, clear and distinct" in one verse, in order to punish
them for their haughtiness. (Qur'an, 7:133) The first of these was

drought. As a result, there was a fall in production. The relevant verse
of the Qur'an states:
We seized Pharaoh's people with years of drought and scarcity of fruits
so that hopefully they would pay heed. (Qur'an, 7:130)
The Egyptians' agricultural systems depended on the River Nile
and changes in natural conditions did not therefore generally affect
them. However, Pharaoh and those around him suffered greatly
because of their pride and refusal to recognise Allah's Messenger. Yet

instead of "paying heed," they regarded these events as bad luck caused
by Prophet Musa (as) and the tribe of Israel. Following that, Allah sent
a series of tribulations. We are told of these in the Qur'an:
So We sent down on them floods, locusts, lice, frogs and blood, signs,
clear and distinct, but they proved arrogant and were an evildoing peo-
ple. (Qur'an, 7:133)
The details in the papyrus regarding the disasters that struck the
people of Egypt are just as described in the Qur'an. In the Qur'an, we

are told about these catastrophes. This Islamic account of this period of

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