But, Haman did not let him -la free the Children of Israel.
But, Haman did not let him -la free the Children of Israel. فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ الْقُمَّلَ، فَذَهَبَتْ زُرُوعُهُمْ وَ أَصَابَتْهُمُ الْمَجَاعَةُ، فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِمُوسَى إِنْ دَفَعْتَ عَنَّا الْقُمَّلَ- كَفَفْتُ عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَدَعَا مُوسَى رَبَّهُ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ الْقُمَّلُ، So Allah -azwj Sent down the lice upon them during the third year, and their grain was destroyed and they were hit by the famine.
So Pharaoh -la said to Musa -as , ‘If you -as were to repel the lice from us, I -la shall refrain from the Children of Israel’. So Musa -as supplicated to his -as Lord -azwj until the lice were gone’. وَ قَالَ أَوَّلُ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْقُمَّلُ فِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ، فَلَمْ يُخَلِّ عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، And he -asws said: ‘The first of what Allah -azwj Created of the lice was during that time. But, he -la did not free the Children of Israel.
فَأَرْسَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الضَّفَادِعَ، فَكَانَتْ تَكُونُ فِي طَعَامِهِمْ وَ شَرَابِهِمْ. فَجَزِعُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ جَزَعاً شَدِيداً- فَجَاءُوا إِلَى مُوسَى فَقَالُوا ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ عَنَّا الضَّفَادِعَ- فَإِنَّا نُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَ نُرْسِلُ مَعَكَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَدَعَا مُوسَى رَبَّهُ فَرَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ ذَلِكَ- So Allah -azwj Sent the frogs unto them after that, and they used to be in their foods and their drinks.
So they panicked from that with intense panic, and they came to Musa -as and they said, ‘Supplicate to Allah -azwj that He -azwj Removes the frogs from us, for we believe you -as and we would send the Children of Israel with you’. So Musa -as supplicated to his -as Lord -azwj , and Allah -azwj Lifted that from them.
فَلَمَّا أَبَوْا أَنْ يُخَلُّوا عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَوَّلَ اللَّهُ مَاءَ النِّيلِ دَماً- فَكَانَ الْقِبْطِيُّ يَرَاهُ دَماً وَ الْإِسْرَائِيلِيُّ يَرَاهُ مَاءً- فَإِذَا شَرِبَهُ الْإِسْرَائِيلِيُّ كَانَ مَاءً- وَ إِذَا شَرِبَهُ الْقِبْطِيُّ كَانَ دَماً- فَكَانَ الْقِبْطِيُّ يَقُولُ لِلْإِسْرَائِيلِيِّ- خُذِ الْمَاءَ فِي فَمِكَ وَ صُبَّهُ فِي فَمِي- فَإِذَا صَبَّهُ فِي فَمِ الْقِبْطِيِّ تَحَوَّلَ دَماً فَجَزِعُوا جَزَعاً شَدِيداً، فَقَالُوا لِمُوسَى لَئِنْ رَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَنَّا الدَّمَ- لَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، So when he -la refused to free the Children of Israel, Allah -azwj Converted the water of the Nile into blood, and it so happened that the Coptic would see it as blood and the Israeli would see it as water.
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