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The Powerful
Make a metaphor for them of the life of the world. It is like
water that We send down from the sky and the plants of the
earth combine with it, but then become dry chaff scattered by
the winds. Allah has absolute power over everything.
(Surat al-Kahf, 18:45)

Allah granted unprecedented power and possessions to some
people of the past. He gave them authority to administer their lands,
and made them leaders of their people. One of these people was
Pharaoh, who grew arrogant and assumed that this power belonged
to him to such an extent that he proclaimed himself a deity. This is
related in the following verse:
Pharaoh said: “Council, I do not know of any other deity
for you apart from Me...” (Surat al-Qasas, 28:38)
Pharaoh called to his people, saying: “My people, does the
kingdom of Egypt not belong to me? Do not all of these
rivers flow under my control?...” (Surat az-Zukhruf, 43:51)
Upon this arrogance, All-Mighty Allah drowned both him and
his army:
He and his troops were arrogant in the land, without any
right. They thought that they would not return to Us. So,
We seized him and his troops and flung them into the sea.
See the final fate of the wrongdoers! (Surat al-Qasas, 28:39-
40)
Haman and Qarun were destined for the same end, for they
had become insolent and arrogant due to their armies and posses-

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