The Pharaoh of Moses

The Pharaoh of Moses

1992 12 December 13 The Pharaoh of Moses (176) “But We will this day deliver you with your body so that you may be a sign to those after you. And most surely the majority of the people are heedless to Our communications” (10:92).

This passage from the Qur’an has reference to the death of Pharaoh near the Red Sea, while in pursuit of Moses and the Israelites, and states that his body was not lost in the sea, but cast ashore and afterwards embalmed and that this should, in due course, be made known to generations to come.

The Bible makes no mention of it, nor do we find anything about it in any book of history. Recently, however, among the mummies in Egypt the body of Ramses II, who has been identified with the Pharaoh of Moses, has been discovered.

Those who seek among modern data for proof of the veracity of the Holy Scriptures will find a magnificent illustration of the above verses of the Qur’an dealing with the Pharaoh’s body by visiting the Royal Mummies Room of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.