And you remember when We divided the sea for you, thus We saved you, and We drowned Pharaoh’s folk while you were watching.
The history of Messenger Moses is explained in many places in the Book. Pharaoh, the dictator, and autocrat declared that he was the highly exalted lord. He divided his citizens into two sects, suppressing one sect; that is the Children of Israel by letting their women live and slaughtering their sons. He did all these due to the fear that a man from the Children of Israel will kill him. So Lord Allah, the True Dictator, Autocrat, Exalted, and Almighty gave inspiration to the mother of Moses to breastfeed the child, place him in a box and set it among the reeds on the bank of the Nile River. The people of Pharaoh picked up the box from the river and brought it to the palace. When they opened it, they found baby Moses. When Pharaoh saw the child, he attempted to kill it, but his wife Asia prevented him and said: “He is a comfort of the eyes for me as well as for you and we may adopt him as a son”. Thus they invited women for breastfeeding the child. Moses’s sister who was following the box through the shore came to Asia and said: “Shall I point out to you about a family who will feed the child and bring him up for you”. Thus Lord blessed Moses to be fed by his mother. After the feeding period, he was sent back to the palace and was brought up there enjoying all the facilities. And when he became an adult, he entered the city, he found two men fighting. One from among the Children of Israel and the other from Qibthi (Pharaoh’s clan). As a help for the Israelite's call, Moses punched the Qibthi and suddenly he died. Moses realized that it was an act of Satan because of not having the remembrance of the Lord. He appealed for forgiveness from the Lord and Lord forgave him. The next morning, when he entered the city fearfully and vigilantly to enquire about yesterday’s matter, he saw the same man fighting with another man. He called Moses again for the help. Moses said to him: “You are a clear aimless man”, and tried to separate them. Then that man turned against Moses and asked: “Are you intending to kill me as you killed a man yesterday”. Thus Pharaoh’s folk identified the murderer and plotted to seize Moses. At that time a man rushed to Moses from the skirts of town to inform him about Pharaoh’s plan. On hearing this Moses became fearful, and he prayed to Lord and fled to Midian. At Midian, he found a group of men giving water to their flocks from a well. He noticed two women standing apart from them. Moses helped the women to give water to their flocks. On reaching their house both women informed their father about Moses. One of them came back to Moses who was sitting and seeking help from Lord and invited him to her house. Their father enquired everything about Moses and told: “You need not fear, you have escaped from the unjust people”. Later, Moses married one of his daughters on the condition that he should work for them for at least 8 years as dowry.
After completing 10 years there, Moses returned to Egypt with his family. On the way, he saw a light on the right side of Mount Sinai. Telling the family to wait there, he went for the light. When he reached near the fire, Lord Allah spoke to him and deputed him as a Messenger. Then Lord bestowed him with two Signs, one was transforming his staff into a snake with the Permission of Lord, and the second was shining palm when it was taken out of his pocket. Upon Moses’ request, Lord deputed his half-brother Haroon as a Prophet for helping him. Thus Moses and Haroon went to Egypt to invite Pharaoh into the Lord of all worlds as told in verses 28: 1- 40. Even after observing Lords’ Signs, instead of accepting Lord Allah, Pharaoh became more arrogant and told: “Moses and Haroon are the two among sorcerers”. Pharaoh invited all sorcerers in Egypt to compete with Moses. When Moses succeeded in the competition, all the sorcerers fell into prostration by declaring that they believed in the Lord of the worlds who is the Lord of Moses and Haroon”. Witnessing this, Pharaoh declared to cut off their hands and legs on the opposite sides and to crucify them.
The chiefs of Pharaoh asked: “Are you letting Moses and Haroon do mischief on earth rejecting him and his deities”. So, Pharaoh again ordered to slaughter the sons of the Children of Israel by sparing their women. Fearing the punishment of Pharaoh, only a few from among the youth believed in the Truth. Since Pharaoh became a transgressing hypocrite without accepting the Truth even after seeing 9 Insightful Signs, the Lord commanded Moses to pray: “Oh our Lord! Wipeout Pharaoh’s and his clan’s treasures, wealth and every kind of honorable position and harden their hearts, so that they shouldn’t believe until they meet the painful torment”. As a reply to this prayer, the Lord commanded Moses to travel with the Children of Israel by the night itself. Pharaoh and his troops chased them. When Moses and his people reached the shore of the Red sea, the Lord commanded Moses to strike the sea with his staff. Then the sea was divided and each separate part of the water became like a huge mountain as told in verse 26: 63. Thus Children of Israel crossed the sea through a dry path as told in verse 20: 77. Lord ordered to leave the sea as a furrow as told in verse 44: 24. While the Israelites were watching fearfully, Lord led Pharaoh and his troops to the middle of the furrow, then by merging the two mountains of water, they were drowned and were killed. At the time of his death, Pharaoh declared: “I believe that there is no deity except Allah upon Whom the Children of Israel believed with, and I am one among those who submit wholly to Him”. Then Lord replied: “Ah, is that now?! You had disobeyed before, and you were among the mischievous! Then today We will save your body only so that it should be a sign for the successors; and indeed, many among the people are heedless about Our Signs'' as told in verses 10: 90-92. Approximately 2800 years Lord kept the body of Pharaoh in the sea and then ported it to the Grand Egyptian Museum at Cairo.
Only the one in a thousand becomes a believer who testifies 6236 verses of Adhikr will utilize It as the Guidance, Mercy, and Herald and become true Muslim who submits wholly to the Lord as told in verse 16: 89. See explanation 7: 103-127; 20: 37-52 and 26: 10-66.