Did the people of Pharaoh actually acknowledge his lordship?
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The student: ...
The Shaykh : What is the problem... They do not say that they have no Lord, but their Lord is Pharaoh. It is well known that they were united in the oneness of Pharaoh's lordship. Do they have tawhid (the oneness of Allah)? ... No, they do not have tawhid. Tawhid is the oneness of the Lord of the worlds. As for the oneness of Pharaoh or anyone else, that is not it.
The Shaykh : What is the problem... They do not say that they have no Lord, but their Lord is Pharaoh. It is well known that they were united in the oneness of Pharaoh's lordship. Do they have tawhid (the oneness of Allah)? ... No, they do not have tawhid. Tawhid is the oneness of the Lord of the worlds. As for the oneness of Pharaoh or anyone else, that is not it.