Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 7 Al-A'raf, Ayat 127-129
وَقَالَ الۡمَلَاُ مِنۡ قَوۡمِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ اَتَذَرُ مُوۡسٰى وَقَوۡمَهٗ لِيُفۡسِدُوۡا فِى الۡاَرۡضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَاٰلِهَتَكَ ؕ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ اَبۡنَآءَهُمۡ وَنَسۡتَحۡىٖ نِسَآءَهُمۡ ۚ وَاِنَّا فَوۡقَهُمۡ قَاهِرُوۡنَ
﴿7:127﴾
قَالَ مُوۡسٰى لِقَوۡمِهِ اسۡتَعِيۡنُوۡا بِاللّٰهِ وَاصۡبِرُوۡا ۚ اِنَّ الۡاَرۡضَ لِلّٰهِ ۙ يُوۡرِثُهَا مَنۡ يَّشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهٖ ؕ وَالۡعَاقِبَةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ
﴿7:128﴾
قَالُـوۡۤا اُوۡذِيۡنَا مِنۡ قَبۡلِ اَنۡ تَاۡتِيَنَا وَمِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جِئۡتَنَا ؕ قَالَ عَسٰى رَبُّكُمۡ اَنۡ يُّهۡلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمۡ وَيَسۡتَخۡلِفَكُمۡ فِى الۡاَرۡضِ فَيَنۡظُرَ كَيۡفَ تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ
﴿7:129﴾
(7:127) The elders of Pharaoh's people said: 'Will you leave alone Moses
and his people to spread mischief in the land, and forsake you and your gods?'
Pharaoh replied: 'We will kill their male children and spare their female ones.
93 For indeed we hold irresistible sway over them.' (7:128) Moses said to his people: 'Seek help from Allah and be steadfast.
The earth is Allah's, He bestows it on those of His servants He chooses. The
end of things belongs to the God-fearing.' (7:129) The people of Moses replied: 'We were oppressed before your coming
to us and after it.' Moses said: 'Your Lord will soon destroy your enemy and
make you rulers in the land. Then He will see how you act.'
Notes
93. There were two periods of persecution. The first was during the reign
of Rameses 11 and took place before Moses' birth, whereas the second period
of persecution started after Moses' assumption to the office of prophethood.
Common to both periods is the killing of the male issue of Israelites while
the female was spared. It was a calculated design to rob the Israelites of their
identity and to bring about their forcible assimilation. An inscription discovered
during the archaeological excavations of 1896 probably belongs to this period.
According to this inscription, Pharaoh Minpetah rounds off the narration of
his achievements and victories in these words: 'The Israel have been exterminated,
and no seed of them is left.' For further explanation see
(al-Mu'min 40: 25)