MOSES (PBUH) AND PHARAOH OF THE EXODUS
The
story of Moses (pbuh) and the Pharaoh of the Exodus are
very much
identical in the Qur’an and the Bible. Both scriptures
agree that
the Pharaoh drowned when he tried to pursue Moses
(pbuh) and
led the Israelites across a stretch of water that they
crossed.
The Qur’an gives an additional piece of information in
Surah Yunus
chapter 10 verse 92:
"This day
shall We save thee in thy body, that thou mayest be a
sign to those who
come after thee! But verily,
many among mankind are heedless of Our
Signs!"
[Al-Qur’an 10:92]
Dr.
Maurice Bucaille, after a thorough research
proved that
although
Rameses II was known to have persecuted the
Israelites
as per the Bible, he actually died while Moses (pbuh)
was taking
refuge in Median. Rameses II’s son Merneptah who
succeeded
him as Pharaoh drowned during the exodus. In 1898,
the mummified body
of Merneptah was found in the valley of Kings
in Egypt.
In 1975, Dr. Maurice Bucaille with other doctors
received permission
to examine the Mummy of Merneptah, the
findings of which
proved that Merneptah probably died from
drowning or a violent
shock which immediately preceeded the
moment of drowning.Thus
the Qur’anic verse that we shall save his body as a sign, has
been fulfilled by the Pharaohs’ body being kept at the Royal Mummies
room in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
This verse of the Qur’an compelled Dr. Maurice Bucaille, who
was a Christian
then, to study the Qur’an. He later wrote a book
‘The
Bible, the Qur’an and Science’, and confessed that the
author
of the Qur’an can be no one else
besides God Himself. Thus he embraced Islam.
"This day shall We save thee in thy
body, that thou mayest be a
sign to those who come
after thee!
But verily, many among mankind
are heedless of Our Signs!"
[Al-Qur’an 10:92]
THESE
ARE THE SIGNS I KEPT TALKING ABOUT IN THE WHOLE OF MY EFFORT BUT AS HE
HIMSELF SAYS THAT MANY OF MANKIND DON'T EVEN CARE TO LOOK AT HIS SIGNS
I TOO DON'T EXPECT EVERYONE OF YOU TO OPEN YOUR EYES AND THINK ! BUT I
AM SURE ALLAH HAS CHOOSE SOME OF YOU FOR WHOM THIS IS A WAY OF CONVEYING
HIS SIGNS AND THEN YOU'LL BE LISTED AMONG THOSE WHO WERE SHOWN HIS SIGNS
AND YOU CANNOT TELL THAT DAY THAT NOONE SHOWED YOU OR YOU DID NOT SEE.
"Those
who reject our Signs, we shall soon cast into the Fire; as
often
as their skins Are roasted through, we shall change them
for
fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for Allah is
Exalted
in Power, Wise".
[Al-Qur’an 4:56]
"Turn
ye to your Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (will), before
the
penalty comes on you - after that ye shall not be
helped."
"And
follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your
Lord,
before the penalty comes on you - of a sudden,
while
ye perceive not!"
[Al-Qur’an 39:53-55]