26:23

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٢٣

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Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"

Tafsir of "Ibn Kathir" (English)

Allah tells us about the disbelief, rebellion, oppression and denial of Fir`awn He tells:قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ(Fir`awn) said:"And what is the Lord of the `Alamin!"This is because he used to say to his people:مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـهٍ غَيْرِىI know not that you have a god other than me. (28:38)فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُThus he fooled his people, and they obeyed him. (43:54)They used to deny the Creator, may He be glorified, and they believed that they had no other lord than Fir`awn.When Musa said to them:"I am the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds," Fir`awn said to him, "Who is this who you are claiming is the Lord of Al-`Alamin other than me!"This is how it was interpreted by the scholars of the Salaf and the Imams of later generations.As-Suddi said,"This Ayah is like the Ayah,قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يمُوسَىقَالَ رَبُّنَا الَّذِى أَعْطَى كُلَّ شَىءٍ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدَى(Fir`awn) said:"Who then, O Musa, is the Lord of you two!" He said:"Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright." (20:49-50) Those among the philosophers and others who claimed that this was a question about the nature or substance (of Allah) are mistaken. Fir`awn did not believe in the Creator in the first place, so he was in no position to ask about the nature of the Creator; he denied that the Creator existed at all, as is apparent from the meaning, even though proof and evidence had been established against him.When Fir`awn asked him about the Lord of Al-`Alamin, Musa said

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