Surah Ghafir Tafseer

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِي أَقْتُلْ مُوسَى وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُ

Fir`awn said:"Leave me to kill Musa, and let him call his Lord!..."

Fir`awn, may Allah curse him, resolved to kill Musa, peace be upon him, i.e., he said to his people, `let me kill him for you.'

وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُ

(and let him call his Lord!),

means, `I do not care.' This is the utmost in offensive stubbornness.

إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِي الاَْرْضِ الْفَسَادَ

I fear that he may change your religion, or that he may cause mischief to appear in the land! (means, Musa);

Fir`awn was afraid that Musa would lead his people astray and change their ways and customs. As if Fir`awn would be concerned about what Musa might do to his people!

The majority understood this as meaning, `he will change your religion and cause mischief to appear in the land.'

وَقَالَ مُوسَى إِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لاَّ يُوْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ