Mūsā عليه السلام · when wealth is being used to lead people away
Against Pharaoh's splendour
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Sūrat Yunus
10:88 - Extent
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وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ ءَاتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَأَهُۥ زِينَةًۭ وَأَمْوَٰلًۭا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا رَبَّنَا لِيُضِلُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِكَ رَبَّنَا ٱطْمِسْ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَٱشْدُدْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
Rabbanā ʾinnaka ʾātayta firʿawna wa-malaʾahu zīnatan wa-ʾamwālan fī al-ḥayawāti ad-dunyā rabbanā liyuḍillū ʿan sabīlika rabbanā iṭmis ʿalā ʾamwālihim washdud ʿalā qulūbihim fa-lā yuʾminū ḥattā yarawu al-ʿadhāba al-ʾalīma
When and why it was said
In the Qur’an (10:88), Musa and Harun ask Allah to restrain Pharaoh’s misguidance and oppression.
Qurʾān 10:88
Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
And Moses said ‘Our Lord You have indeed given Pharaoh and his council splendour and riches in the life of this world. Our Lord You have given them this that they may lead people astray as a consequence thereof from Your way from Your religion. Our Lord obliterate transform their riches and harden their hearts stamp upon them and shackle them so that they do not believe until they see the painful chastisement’ he Moses invoked God against them and Aaron said ‘Amen’ at the end of his invocation.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com
Reflection
Ask Allah to end wrongdoing and protect people from being led astray.