The Story of Musa and Fir`awn, and how the Children of Israel were saved Allah says, وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَAnd indeed We tried before them Fir`awn's people,Allah tells us, `before these idolators, We tested the people of Fir`awn, the Copts of Egypt.'وَجَاءهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌwhen there came to them a noble Messenger.means, Musa, peace be upon him, the one to whom Allah spoke