They said: “Have you come to us to turn us away from the path our forefathers were following so that both of you may have greatness in the land? Anyway, we are not going to believe with both of you”.
Messenger Moses and Prophet Haroon came to Egypt with Signs—the Truth—to deliver the people from the darkness into the Light. Pharaoh and his folk were afraid that Lord’s Signs will be spread all over the world so that their honors and kingship in Egypt will be lost. Moses and Haroon invited people into the Lord of all worlds by showing 9 Signs as explained in verse 7: 133. Pharaoh had declared himself as the lord of world vide verse 79: 24 and as deity vide verse 26: 29. So he tried to stop the spreading of Lord’s Message as told in this verse. It is told in verse 40: 26: “And Pharaoh said: "Leave me so that I can kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause mischief in the land”.
Today, these verses are only read by the Fujjar. But these true disbelievers as explained in verses 4: 150-151 are hiding and rejecting Adhikr. They are following books written by the 29 pseudo-prophets and hypocrites by rejecting verse 2: 79. They are reading in verse 16: 89 that Adhikr which explains everything is a Guidance, Mercy, and Herald for those who submit everything to the Lord. They are also reading in verses 25: 33-34 that if they didn’t testify Adhikr—the Truth and the Best Interpretation of Lord’s Book; they will be dragged prone on their faces into the Hell, they will be in the worst place and they are the most strayed. See the explanations 2: 254; 7: 175-176; 8: 22 and 22: 8.