فَأَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِى الْيَمِّ...

فَأَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِى الْيَمِّ فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الظَّالِمِينَ(( 40 )) 40- THEREFORE WE SEIZED HIM AND HIS HOSTS AND CAST THEM INTO THE SEA. THEN SEE HOW WAS THE END OF THE OPPRESSORS. وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لاَ يُنصَرُونَ(( 41 )) 41- AND WE MADE THEM LEADERS WHO CALL (PEOPLE) TO THE FIRE, AND IN THE DAY OF RESURRECTION THEY ARE NOT HELPED.

وَأَتْبَعْنَاهُمْ فِى هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ هُمْ مِّنَ الْمَقْبُوحِينَ(( 42 )) 42- AND WE FOLLOWED THEM IN THIS WORLD BY A CURSE, AND IN THE DAY OF RESURRECTION THEY ARE OF THE DETESTEBLES. [ 569 ] THE COMMENTARY LOOK AT THE OPPRESSOR'S END VERSE NO.38ِ42 We are now on the ninth stage of the adventurous enterprises, and meanwhile the story is full of useful lessons to be learned if any one is willing.

We know that when some important event happens against the interests of a veteran politician, an old trick is to create a new scenery, in order to focus the general attentions towards the new one, and pervert the minds from the old. This was the case with building a huge tower to deviate the attentions from Moses and his miraculous and wonderful God. So the construction of a tower began which was a building very abnormal.

It seems to us that the construction of that great tower was after the clear victory of Moses over the sorcerers. When that wonderful victory of the Messenger of God became a general topic of conversation throughout Egypt, it gave a great shock to the foundation of Pharaoh's kingship and godship. Therefore in a meeting with his chieftains, he said:- ``As to the earth, no one should doubt that I am the greatests of rulers, and your only god that deserves your worship.

As for the God of Moses who lives in the heavens, there are no reasons that he really exists! Although I think Moses to be of the liars, I still shall verify the matter.

Ha"ma"n has to make me a tower, high enough to get some informations about the God of Moses, Whom he claims to be the Lord of the heaven and the earth.'' So far, bricks were unknown to the Egyptians, and seems to have been the first time when building material made by molding clay into blocks, while moist was hardening them in the fire was going to be used in the construction of buildings.

[ 570 ] Some commentators like, Fakhr Razi, have doubted Pharaoh to have built the said tower or such that high building.

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