Tafsir of Ash-Shu`ara' 26:18-19

Surah Ash-Shu`ara' 26:18

ﳊ ﳋ ﳌ ﳍ ﳎ ﳏ ﳐ ﳑ ﳒ ﳓ

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

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14

This remark of Pharaoh shows that he was not the same Pharaoh who had brought up Moses in his house, but his son. Had he been the same Pharaoh, he would have said, "I brought you up." But, on the contrary. he says, "You were brought up among ourselves." For a detailed discussion, see E.N.'s 85-93 of Al A'raf.

15

The allusion is to the incident of murder committed by Moses accidentally.