Discussion of the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And We certainly sent Moses with Our signs and a clear authority.”
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The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Allah Blessed and Exalted is He said: [Hud 11:96] What are the signs with which Moses was sent? How many signs? Nine signs.
The Shaykh : What is the meaning of the preposition "ba" in His saying:? It indicates accompaniment, or it clarifies what he was sent with, in which case it functions as a transitive marker.
The Shaykh : What is the wisdom behind the signs that Allah gives to the messengers?
The student: So that the truthfulness of these messengers is made clear, and people believe in the like of them.
The Shaykh : To support the messengers and as a mercy to those to whom they were sent. Good.
The Shaykh : His saying: What is the meaning of His saying: ? Does it mean that He sent him to be a king over Pharaoh, or what?
The student: "Sultan" means proof, and "mubin" means apparent or manifest.
The Shaykh : Or both. Anything in which a person has authority is called a "sultan," whether it is a proof, knowledge, a weapon, or something else. Good.
The Shaykh : The nine signs with which Moses was sent—count them for us?
The student: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. First: the staff, second: the hand, third: the locusts...
The Shaykh : The flood, the locusts, the lice, the frogs, and the blood. How many are these?
The student: These are seven. The splitting of the sea.
The Shaykh : Eight.
The student: The reduction of the fruits.
The Shaykh : The years of drought and the reduction of the fruits. Good. Some said that striking the stone with the staff caused it to gush forth. Good. In reality, there is a possibility regarding the Children of Israel that the splitting of the sea and the gushing of water from the stone apply to them. However, these two were not for the family of Pharaoh, but for them were the years of drought and the reduction of the fruits, in addition to the previous seven.
We begin now. He said: This is connected to "We sent." Pharaoh was the ruler of Egypt who ruled it and held authority over the Children of Israel, so he used to kill their sons and keep their women alive. It was said that he did this because some of the diviners told him that there would be a man among the Children of Israel through whom your rule would be removed. This is one opinion.
Another opinion is that he did it to humiliate and insult them, because if he killed the men and left the women, the nation would perish. This opinion is stronger, because the first opinion relies on reports from the Children of Israel, and it is known that reports from the Children of Israel are neither affirmed nor denied. The reasonable meaning of his slaughtering their sons and keeping their women alive is the humiliation of this people, who were a minority compared to the Copts.
Haman was the minister of Pharaoh, and Qarun.
And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority
ولقد أرسلنا موسى بآياتنا وسلطان مبينThe Shaykh : What is the meaning of the preposition "ba" in His saying:
Our verses
بآياتناThe Shaykh : What is the wisdom behind the signs that Allah gives to the messengers?
The student: So that the truthfulness of these messengers is made clear, and people believe in the like of them.
The Shaykh : To support the messengers and as a mercy to those to whom they were sent. Good.
The Shaykh : His saying:
and a clear authority
وسلطان مبينand a clear authority
وسلطان مبينThe student: "Sultan" means proof, and "mubin" means apparent or manifest.
The Shaykh : Or both. Anything in which a person has authority is called a "sultan," whether it is a proof, knowledge, a weapon, or something else. Good.
The Shaykh : The nine signs with which Moses was sent—count them for us?
The student: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. First: the staff, second: the hand, third: the locusts...
The Shaykh : The flood, the locusts, the lice, the frogs, and the blood. How many are these?
The student: These are seven. The splitting of the sea.
The Shaykh : Eight.
The student: The reduction of the fruits.
The Shaykh : The years of drought and the reduction of the fruits. Good. Some said that striking the stone with the staff caused it to gush forth. Good. In reality, there is a possibility regarding the Children of Israel that the splitting of the sea and the gushing of water from the stone apply to them. However, these two were not for the family of Pharaoh, but for them were the years of drought and the reduction of the fruits, in addition to the previous seven.
We begin now. He said:
to Pharaoh
إلى فرعونAnother opinion is that he did it to humiliate and insult them, because if he killed the men and left the women, the nation would perish. This opinion is stronger, because the first opinion relies on reports from the Children of Israel, and it is known that reports from the Children of Israel are neither affirmed nor denied. The reasonable meaning of his slaughtering their sons and keeping their women alive is the humiliation of this people, who were a minority compared to the Copts.