brother, Harun, peace be upon them both.
Both of them went to Pharaoh and communicated Allah's message
to him. This was really a difficult task since without any hesitation they
called on a cruel ruler to believe in Allah and to worship Him. This call
of the Messenger Musa, peace be upon him, is related as follows:
And then, after them, We sent Musa with Our Signs to Pharaoh
and his ruling circle but they wrongfully rejected them. See the
final fate of the corrupters!
Musa said, "Pharaoh! I am truly a Messenger from the Lord of
all the worlds, duty bound to say nothing about Allah except the
truth. I have come to you with a Clear Sign from your Lord. So
send the tribe of Israel away with me." (Surat al-A'raf: 103-
105)
Pharaoh was an arrogant and proud man. Assuming that he held
everything under his control, he rebelled against Allah. Allah had granted
all his possessions, his strength and his lands to him, but because Pharaoh
was unwise, he failed to understand this.
Pharaoh opposed Musa and had no faith in Allah, and he was, as
mentioned earlier, a very cruel man. He made the Children of Israel his
slaves. When it became clear that Pharaoh was intending to exterminate
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