What does the scholars and jurists say whether the of Pharaoh placed in Egyptian museum is the Pharaoh that came against Hazrat Musa AS or some other Pharaoh? It is stated in Qra'an: الیوم ننجیک ببدنک لتکون لمن خلفک آیۃ
Question #: 258
March 07, 2014
Answer #: 258
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
It had not been established through any reliable source if this is the body of same Pharaoh or some other one because all the kings of that time were known as Pharaohs. It is also not proper to take argumentation from the above mentioned verse of Surah Yunus as it does not mean "we will preserve your body till the day of judgment " rather the Mufassireen (commentators of the Qura'an) take 'ننجیک' to mean'نلقیک بنجوۃ من الارض'' i.e "We will place your body at an elevated place.
قال العلامۃ الآلوسی: (فالیوم ننجیک ببدنک)تھکم بہ وتعذیب لہ وحسم لاطماعہ بالمرۃ،والمراد: فالیوم نخرجک مما وقع فیہ قومک من قعر البحر ونجعلک طافیا ملابسا ببدنک وقیل: التنجیۃ الالقاء علی النجوۃ وھی المکان المرتفع۔" (روح المعانی: 6/172)
قال العلامۃ الرشید: " قال ابوجعفر ابن جریر الطبری:یقول تعالیٰ ذکرہ لفرعون فالیوم نجعلک علی نجوۃ من الارض ببدنک ینظر الیک من کذب بھلاکک۔"
(المنار: 11/402)
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
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Checked and Approved By
{Mufti Abd-ul-Wahhab sb DB}
{Mufti Abd-ul-Naseer sb DB}