Pharaoh or Pharaohs? Why was only one un-named Pharaoh narrated to be preserved, and as a sign, in the Qur’an, while many of them were usually and equally preserved?

Pharaoh or Pharaohs? Why was only one un-named Pharaoh narrated to be preserved, and as a sign, in the Qur’an, while many of them were usually and equally preserved?

17:101 And We had certainly given Moses nine clear Signs, so ask the Children of Israel when he came to them, then Pharaoh said to him, "O Moses, indeed, I think you are bewitched." 17:102 He said, "Verily, you know none has sent down these except the Lord of the heavens and the earth as evidence, and indeed, O Pharaoh, I surely think you are destroyed."

10:90 And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers followed them in rebellion and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims." 10:91 "Now? And verily, you (had) disobeyed before and you were of the corrupters?" 10:92 So today (fal-yawma) We will save you in your body, that you may be a sign for those who succeed you. And indeed, many among the mankind are surely heedless of Our Signs."

(Pharaoh was to be destroyed (17:102), not to be preserved, but Pharaoh’s body was saved after his words in Verse 10:90)(Verse 10:92 says, “that you may be a sign for those who succeed you”. So, his body was preserved, instead of destroyed, as a sign; so that, for example, people may investigate the cause of death (drowning))(Some people object that other Pharaoh were equally preserved, but Pharaoh of Exodus’ preservation was not known at the time of Muhammad, but those who knew the story might have thought that the body was drowned and destroyed into the sea, because Psalm 136:15 says, “but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea”. According to the article “Merneptah” in wikipedia, Merneptah, the Pharaoh of Exodus, was found in 1898, so his preservation was not known. So, the Qur’an is correct, and it is a sign for later generations, because the body was somewhere)(Allah knows best)

17:103 So he intended to drive them out from the land, but We drowned him and all those who were with him.

(Verse 17:103 explicitly says that Pharaoh was drowned. The article “Merneptah” in Wikipedia says “Merneptah suffered from arthritis and atherosclerosis and died as an old man after a reign that lasted for nearly a decade”. So, one interpretation is that the sign might be that he was drowned, but survived after saying “I believe … I am of the Muslims (aka “those who submit (to God))”. Likewise, Jesus is a “sign” for mankind (19:21), and he was saved as well (5:110, 4:157). Notice that only the “people of” Pharaoh is mentioned to be severely punished or destroyed (8:52, 8:54) in the Qur’an)(Allah knows best)

28:40 So We seized him and his hosts, and We threw them into the sea. So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.

(Dr. Maurice Bucaille was allowed to examine the mummified body of Merneptah, son of Ramsses II, and Pharaoh of the Exodus, according to Dr. Bucaille, he most probably died either from drowning, according to the Scriptural narrations, or from very violent shocks preceding the moment when he was drowned-or both at once)(Allah knows best)

43:54 So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were a defiantly disobedient people. 43:55 So when they angered Us, We took retribution from them, and We drowned them all. 43:56 And We made them a precedent and an example for the later (generations).

(The body of Pharaoh was to be missed, because Egyptians did not have the technology to find and raise his body in the bottom of the sea. But God saved his body. According to the article “Pharaoh’s Mummy” in “miracles-of-quran(dot)com”, “The problem is that Pharaoh wore body armor that would have sunk his corpse to the bottom of the sea. But we already discovered all mummies of Pharaohs in the New Kingdom. There is no such thing as a missing Pharaoh’s mummy from the time of Moses. So if he really drowned then his body armor should have sunk his corpse to the bottom of the sea and his body should be missing today”)(According to the article “Defensive Equipment of the Egyptian Army” by “Jimmy Dunn writing as Troy Fox”, “Because the climate, very little armor was ever worn in Africa. In Egypt’s Old and Middle Kingdom, Egyptian soldiers never wore armor. … generally soldiers are depicted without any body protection. Again the pharaohs were, not surprisingly, the exception. Ramesses II fighting as a charioteer was portrayed wearing scale armor with sleeves, covering the whole torso. The scales were bronze, attached through holes to a skirt. His legs were of course protected by the chariot, etc.)(According to the article “Military of ancient Egypt” in wikipedia, “The pharaohs often wore scale armour with inlaid semi-precious stones, which offered better protection, the stones being harder than the metal used for arrow tips”)(Allah knows best)

10:75 Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his chiefs with Our Signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

(Thutmose II is another candidate for the Pharaoh of the Exodus, based on the fact that he had a brief, prosperous reign and then a sudden collapse with no son (except for Thutmose III) to succeed him. His widow Hatshepsut then became first Regent (for Thutmose III) then Pharaoh in her own right. Edersheim states that Thutmose II is the only Pharaoh’s mummy to display cysts, possible evidence of plagues that spread through the Egyptian and Hittite Empires at that time” (Source: article “Thutmose II” in Wikipedia))(The Qur’an confirms that after Pharaoh, the land was inherited by people who were considered weak (7:137). The wife of Pharaoh might be among those people, because, according to the Qur’an, she was a believer (66:11))(Thutmose II’s mummy was discovered in 1881; so, it is very unlikely that Pharaoh (or any Pharaoh) were found, or known, or seen, at the time of the Prophet, or by the Prophet, at all)(Allah knows best)

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