Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And a believing man from the family of Pharaoh who was concealing his faith said: ‘Do you kill a man because he says, “My Lord is Allah”? And he has come to you with clear proofs from your Lord. And if he should be a liar, then upon him is his lie; and if he should be truthful, then some of what he promises you will befall you. Indeed, Allah does not guide one who is a transgressor and a liar.’”

to the end of it. When this believing man heard Pharaoh’s threat to kill Moses, he said that. Consider the context of the verse: He did not specify him by name but said “a believing man,” concealing his identity, because the intention is not to know the name; rather, the intention is to know the case. As for specifying names, that is from the superfluous knowledge, meaning that if it happens, that is good, but if it does not happen, it is not of importance. A believer in Allah, and perhaps we can say a believer in Moses as well. It is possible that the intended meaning is from his relatives, because the family of a person is his kin. It is also possible that the intended meaning is from his followers, because the term “family” (al) is used for followers. In any case, the man was not from the Children of Israel, but from the people of Pharaoh, whether he was from his relatives or from his people who belonged to him.