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44   International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 7 (24): 39-54, Autumn 2020



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               the ruler of Egypt at the time,       glory  and  honor,  and  they
               so when Joseph said to them :         came to the rule and authority
                      “Then when they entered        that  God  gave  them  through
                      the  presence  of  Joseph,     Moses;     then    the    divine
                      he provided a home for         command  reached  Moses  to
                      his parents with himself,      take  the  Israelites  from  Egypt
                      and said: Enter ye Egypt       to the land of Palestine at night:
                      (all) in safety if it please          “By inspiration we told
                      Allah” .  (Quran, 12: 93)             Moses:  Travel  by  night
                                                            with  my  servants;  for
                  At the same time, the security            surely ye shall be pursued”.
               situation  of  this  people  after           (Quran, 26: 52)
               the death of Jacob and Joseph
               and the emergence of Pharaoh             So  Moses  and  his  people,
               as the ruler of Egypt, became a       followed  by  Pharaoh  and  his
               state of torment and persecution.     soldiers,  went  out  and  met
               Pharaoh treated them like slaves;     each other in a region, and the
               Especially  in  irrigating  crops,    divine miracle happened at that
               building palaces and providing        time; as the Holy Quran says:
               services to palace dwellers.                 “And  when  the  two
                  He  also  weakened  them  to              bodies  saw  each  other,
               the  point  that  he  killed  their          the  people  of  Moses
               sons  and  kept  their  wives.  So           said: We are sure to be
               Pharaoh  was  a  terror  to  the             overtaken. (Moses) said:
               Jews,  and  they  remained  in               By  no  means!  my  Lord
               this bitter state until God sent             is  with  me!  Soon  will
               Moses to them in Judaism .                   He  guide  me!  Then  We
                  After    this    change     of            told Moses by inspiration:
               circumstances, the situation for             Strike  the  sea  with  thy
               the Jews changed from weakness               rod.  So  it  divided,  and
               to  strength  on  earth  and  from           each     separate     part
               slavery  and  humiliation  to                became  like  the  huge,
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