• The Israelites persecuted

• Moses preaches patience

• Promises delivery and the Heritage of the Hold of the Land

Al-A’raaf Verses 127 - 129

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

And said the chiefs of the people of Pharaoh: What! leavest thou Moses and his people to make mischief in the earth and to desert thee and thy gods? Said He:1“Soon will we slay their sons and suffer their women alive; Verily we, over them have hold2. (7:127)3

قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

Moses said unto his people: “Seek ye help from God and be patient: Verily the earth is God’s, granteth He as heritage4unto whomsoever He pleaseth among His servants.” And the end is (only) for those who guard against evil. (7:128)

قَالُوٓا۟ أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ

Said they: “We have been persecuted before camest thou unto us and since thou hath come unto us;” Said he (Moses); “Maybe that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make ye the inheritors in the earth so that He may see how ye act (therein).” (7:129)

• 1. Pharaoh.
• 2. Ar. ‘Qahir’- Here means Conqueror – Triumphant - One having supreme mastery or hold.
• 3. Refer to verses 2:49, 28:4, 40:25.
• 4. in Vicissitude.