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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The first moment when the soul departs, the story of Allah drowning Pharaoh and the invalidity of the claim that Pharaoh's body is in the pyramids

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The Shaykh : If it is after the time has passed, it is not accepted. For example, a man who disobeys Allah the Exalted, who disobeys Allah when death befalls him, repents to Allah. Is the repentance accepted or not? It is not accepted; the time has passed. Allah the Exalted said:
But repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now," وليست التوبة للذين يعلمون السيئات حتى إذا حضر أحدهم الموت قال إني تبت الآن
[An-Nisa 4:18]
This is the case for which there is no repentance. And remember the story of Pharaoh. When did Pharaoh repent to Allah? When drowning overtook him, he said:
I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe آمنت أنه لا إله إلا الذي آمنت به بنو إسرائيل
[Yunus 10:90]
Look at the humiliation! Except for the One in whom the Children of Israel believed. He made himself what? A follower of the Children of Israel, even though he used to kill them before. But it was said to him:
Now الآن
Now you believe
And you had disobeyed [Him] before and were of the corrupters? (92) So today We will save you in body وقد عصيت قبل وكنت من المفسدين فاليوم ننجيك ببدنك
[Yunus 10:91-92]
Why? To be a sign for those who come after you from the Children of Israel. Because, my brothers, the Children of Israel had been terrified by Pharaoh, so he and his people were drowned. Do you know that a man who has a tyrannical enemy does not find peace of mind unless he sees his enemy destroyed? Is that not so? Because it would occur to the Children of Israel that the man escaped by some means. But Allah the Exalted, by throwing his body into the water, displayed his body floating on the water until the Children of Israel saw it and were reassured. Then what happened after that? Where did it go? The fish ate it, without a doubt. Because the Children of Israel could not, under any circumstances, take Pharaoh's body to be an archaeological artifact, absolutely not. Therefore, the claim that Pharaoh is in the pyramids of Egypt is not correct and is not acceptable, because it does not indicate that it is him. There is no trace and no observation. Neither in history nor in observation is this accepted. Do you think the Children of Israel would see their enemy and take him as a gift for the artifacts? Absolutely not. If they had seen him and been able to get hold of him, they would have cut him to pieces or burned him with fire, in any case. Pharaoh believed when he saw death, but his belief did not benefit him, so it was not accepted from him.
Source alathar.net

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