The Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at — Page 2
The Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ’at [ 2 ] need special attention. Firstly, when Pharaoh incited his people to reject Prophet Moses as , he presented specific rea- sons. One of the reasons was that Prophet Moses as was an ordinary man and had no standing in society. Secondly, he was not eloquent in his speech and could not express him- self properly. The Prophet Moses as acknowledged this him- self. He implored God: 2 Meaning: ‘O my Allah, my chest is straitened [I cannot express myself fully], and my tongue is not fluent; there- fore, please excuse me and send them Aaron instead. ’ A Special Sign of Wickedness Pharaoh fabricated some additional reasons as well. Allah Almighty says: 3 Meaning that: ‘Pharaoh frightened his people, and, in effect, coerced his people to obey him. ’ Therefore, they agreed with him and rejected a Prophet of God. Allah did not say that since these people rejected a Prophet for fear of their Pharaoh that they should not be liable and that they are innocent; rather, He points out: 4 2. ( al-Shu‘ar a ’ , 26:14) 3. ( al-Zukhruf, 43:55 ). . .