The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 109
PT. 16 ṬĀHĀ CH. 20 (Pharaoh) Our Signs, all of them; but he rejected them and refused to believe. 2276 b6 us, o Moses, to drive us out of وَلَقَدْاَ رَيْنَهُ أَيْتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَالى And We did show him. 57 قَالَ اَجِثْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ اَرْضِنَا He said, Hast thou come to. 58 بِسِحْرِكَ يُمُوسى فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرِ مِثْلِهِ فَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا shall assuredly وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا تُخْلِفُهُ نَحْنُ وَلَا appointment اَنْتَ مَكَانًا سُوَّى our land by thy magic?2277 59. "But we bring thee magic the like thereof; SO make an between us and thyself which we shall not fail to keep— neither we nor thou―at a place alike for us both. '2278 a27:13-15; 43:48-49; 79:21-22. 26:36. 7:112, 113; 26:37-40. fact that God, the Source of all wisdom and intelligence, has done all this shows that He has not created man to return to dust after a life of merely 60 or 70 years but, on the contrary, He has created him for a better, fuller and everlasting life which he must live after he has shed the encumbrances of his physical tabernacle. a The verse also embodies refutation of the religious beliefs of Pharaoh's people who worshipped the stars. 2276. Commentary: The word besides the meaning given in the text also means, he hated or disliked. According to this meaning the verse shows that Pharaoh not only rejected the Divine signs but also held them up to scorn and looked down upon them with contempt and disdain. 2277. Commentary: This verse seems to refer to an insidious device of Pharaoh. He told his people that Moses who was a foreigner in Egypt was seeking to turn the ruling dynasty out of Egypt by his clever manoeuvres. He accused Moses of rebellion and revolt against the constituted authority and of aspiring to the leadership of the Egyptians. Thus apprehending in the rise of Moses a threat to his own power and prestige he sought to incite his people against him and thus turn his personal enmity against him into national hatred. In this verse Pharaoh leaves out Aaron and addresses only Moses. He seems to have regarded Aaron as too insignificant to be considered worthy of notice. 2278. Important Words: سوی equal is derived from سوی 2023