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Musa, the Holy Prophet of God
God selected Musa, alayhis-salam, for
Prophethood and
commanded him to go with his brother,
Harun, to the tyrant
Fir'awn (Pharaoh) and frighten
him with the threat of Divine
chastisement.God commanded Musa to speak gently
to Fir'awn at
first and invite him to worship
of the One God.Musa and his brother, Harun, set
off for Fir'awn
palace and, after waiting a while,
they finally went in to see
him.Just as God had commanded
them, they began their
conversation with him gently and
softly.They told him:
"O Fir'awn, we have brought a message
from the Lord
and Exalter of the world and all
its inhabitants, and we
intend to deliver the people from
injustice and
oppression and lead them towards
knowledge and light."We want you to stop your injustice
and arrogance and
stop tyrannizing the people.We
are Prophets of the
Supreme Lord and we have been commanded
to make
the people aware of their God and
to call them to
obey Him."When Fir'awn heard what Musa said,
he became very
agitated and, in order to silence
Musa, he demanded of him:
"Who is this Lord who has given
you this message?"
Musa quietly but firmly replied:
"My Lord is the One Almighty God
Who has created
the world and its creatures in
all its order and
magnificence, Who has guided everything
towards its
special path of perfection."Fir'awn, who understood very well
what Musa had said,
pretended to be stupid and said:
"But is there any God besides me?
Is not your life and
death in my power? Don't you see
that the whole of
Egypt obeys my command? And that
all these streams,
gardens and fields belong to me?
"O Musa, if you follow a lord other
than me, if you obey
anyone other than me.I'll have
you thrown in prison."Musa was a Prophet of God and was
calm and collected,
without the slightest trace of
fear in his voice, as he said:
"My Lord and Exalter is the Lord
and Exalter of the
whole universe, the Creator of
the heavens and the
earth.He has made us His Prophets
for us to deliver His
message to the people and deliver
them from tyranny
and oppression."Fir'awn saw that he was being belittled
and humiliated
by Musa's calmness and the strength
of Musa's faith.He said
to Musa:
"If you are telling the truth,
give me a sign of this Lord
of yours.Fir'awn looked on.Musa, the Holy Prophet of God,
put his hand
inside his jacket and immediately
brought it out.His
hand was now shining like a star.Then he threw his
walking staff at the feet of Fir'awn.At the order of God,
the staff became a huge, angry
snake.Fir'awn took one
look at the snake and fled from
his throne, screaming.Musa bent down, took hold of the
snake, and once
again it became a staff.Fir'awn, who had turned completely
white and was
shaking violently, said to those
around him:
"Did you see what a magician this
man is? These two
men with their magic want to turn
you out of your
homes."
