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in order to reveal the superiority of believers, completely
yield to the fate decreed for them by Allah. As mentioned in
the Qur'an, Allah has caused the evil purposes of the
schemes these people hatched to backfire on them, and has
taken what they possessed when they were still in the world
and has bequeathed it to the believers. Allah describes the
outcome of Pharaoh's opposition and that of his leading
people, who had great power and authority in Egypt but
were succeeded by the Prophet Musa (peace be upon him)
and the believers who followed him:
And We bequeathed to the people who had been op-
pressed the easternmost part of the land We had
blessed, and its westernmost part as well. The most
excellent Word of your Lord was fulfilled for the
tribe of Israel on account of their steadfastness. And
We utterly destroyed what Pharaoh and his people
made and the buildings they constructed. (Surat al-

A'raf: 137)
We expelled them [Pharaoh and his people] from
gardens and springs, from treasures and a splendid
situation. So it was! And We bequeathed them to the
tribe of Israel. (Surat ash-Shu'ara': 57-59)

This word of Allah which is for all believers is related in
another verse as follows:
We wrote down in the Psalms, after the Reminder
came: "It is My servants who are righteous who will
inherit the earth." (Surat al-Anbiya': 105)
On the other hand, what these leading unbelievers shall
meet in the Hereafter will be an inescapable and painful
punishment unless they repent and change their manners.

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