Commentary on Tafsir al-Jalalayn: ((And Moses said)) to his people, and he had heard that, ((Indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant one who does not believe in the Day of Recompense))

The Shaykh : All right, let us begin the new lesson. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: "

And Moses said to his people

وقال موسى لقومه

and he had heard that

Indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord

إني عذت بربي وربكم

[Ghafir 40:27]

to the end of it " His statement: Directing the speech to the people of Moses is not correct; rather, Moses said to Pharaoh: This is if Pharaoh had said it to him face-to-face, meaning he said, "Let me kill Moses," face-to-face. If so, then Moses said, "Indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord from you." But he said, "from every arrogant one." However, if Pharaoh was speaking with his people and Moses heard that, then it is as the author, may Allah have mercy on him, said: that when Moses heard this, he said, "Indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord." But the apparent, and Allah knows best, is that the first meaning is more correct, that he said it to Pharaoh when he said, "Let me kill Moses."
He said: "I have sought refuge" means I have taken hold of Allah, for seeking refuge in a thing is taking hold of it. The scholars said: It is also said "al-iyadh" and "al-liyadh." The scholars said: The difference between al-iyadh and al-liyadh is that al-liyadh is for what is hoped for, and al-iyadh is for what is feared. And they cited in support of this the saying of the poet:
O He in whom I take refuge in what I hope for, and in whom I seek refuge from what I fear, You do not mend
the bones of people, You are the One who breaks them, and they do not break a bone that You have mended.
So the meaning of "I have sought refuge" is "I have taken hold." "My Lord and your Lord": this is the general and specific lordship. "My Lord" is specific lordship, and "your Lord" is the lordship of Allah for Pharaoh and his people, which is from the general lordship.
And this description applies exactly to Pharaoh, for he is arrogant, a tyrant, stubborn, and haughty. The arrogant one is the one who elevates himself in arrogance from the truth and above creation, for arrogance is either from the truth or above creation, by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): And "looking down upon people" means despising them, and this is arrogance above creation. And if arrogance above creation and arrogance from the truth gather in the heart of a person, then he is the one who is destroyed, and I seek refuge in Allah.
And his statement: means the Day of Resurrection. He shifted from saying "the Day of Resurrection" to "the Day of Recompense" because the Recompense is more fearful than the Day of Resurrection. If it is said to a person that you will be held accountable for what you have done of good and evil, then he will fear and tremble and will be upright. And the Recompense was mentioned instead of the Resurrection because it is more terrifying, for if a person knows that he will be held accountable for his deeds, he will be deterred from sins and will fulfill the commands.