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Quran verses about Pharaoh

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48 verses in 13 surahs · 12 subtopics

Moses and Aaron are commanded to go to Pharaoh and say that they are messengers of his Lord, and the verses follow that confrontation: Moses presents the proofs while Pharaoh denies and threatens. They tell of the magicians who prostrate in faith to Allah, the punishments sent upon Pharaoh and his people so that they might return, and the end, the drowning of Pharaoh and his soldiers.

Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.

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Killing the sons and sparing the daughters · 1 verse

Al-A’raf7:127

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَىٰ وَقَوْمَهُۥ لِيُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَءَالِهَتَكَ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَٰهِرُونَ ۝١٢٧

And the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said, "Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."

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Verses gathered from a human-made thematic index of the Quran; the introduction summarises its subtopics. For a legal opinion, consult a scholar.

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