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10:75

ثُمَّ بَعَثۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِم مُّوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا مُّجۡرِمِينَ

Thumma baAAathna min baAAdihim moosa waharoona ila firAAawna wamalaihi biayatina faistakbaroo wakanoo qawman mujrimeena

Then We sent after them Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his establishment with Our signs, but they behaved arrogantly and were a criminal people

Word by word
  1. ثُمَّThen
  2. بَعَثۡنَاWe sent
  3. مِنۢafter them
  4. بَعۡدِهِمafter them
  5. مُّوسَىٰMusa
  6. وَهَٰرُونَand Harun
  7. إِلَىٰto
  8. فِرۡعَوۡنَFiraun
  9. وَمَلَإِيْهِۦand his chiefs
  10. بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاwith Our Signs
  11. فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْbut they were arrogant
  12. وَكَانُواْand were
  13. قَوۡمٗاa people
  14. مُّجۡرِمِينَcriminal
Yunus · 10:75Makkah

Musa and Harun came with signs, and met arrogance.

Too proud to follow the truth

The meeting
Musa and Harunwith Our signs
sent to
Firaun and chiefsthe powerful
who were
arroganta criminal people
What blocked them
lack of proofsigns were unclear
pridetoo proud to submit

After those messengers, Allah sent Musa and Harun to Firaun and his chiefs with proofs. Ibn Kathir says they were too arrogant to follow the truth and submit to it. The story is told to the Makkans, who also had power and pride.

Your younger colleague points out your mistake, politely and correctly. The hardest part is not the fix. It is swallowing your pride. Arrogance blocks truth faster than doubt does.

I reject it because I am not convinced.

Sometimes the real block is pride, not lack of proof.

Try this

Accept one correction today from someone you would normally dismiss, and thank them.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Then after them We sent Musa and Harun to Fir'awn and his chiefs with Our Ayat. But they behaved arrogantly and were a people who were criminals (75)So when came to them the truth from Us, they said: "This is indeed clear magic. (76)Musa said: "Say you (this) about the truth when it has come to you Is this magic? But the magicians will never be successful. (77)They said: "Have you come to us to turn us away from that we found our fathers following, and that you two may have greatness in the land? We are not going to believe you two! (78)

The Story of Musa and Fira'wn

Allah said:

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا

(Then after them We sent ) meaning ofter these Messengers,

مُّوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ

(Musa and Harun to Fir'awn and his chiefs,) meaning his people

بِآيَاتِنَا

(with Our Ayat.) meaning; 'Our proofs and evidences.'

فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

(But they behaved arrogantly, and were a people who were criminals.) meaning they were too arrogant to follow the truth and submit to it, and they were criminals.

فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

(So, when came to them the truth from us, they said: "This is indeed clear magic.") They were as if they gave an oath that what they had said was the truth. But they knew that what they were saying was a mere lie. As Allah said:

وَجَحَدُوا بِهَا وَاسْتَيْقَنَتْهَا أَنفُسُهُمْ ظُلْمًا وَعُلُوًّا

(And they belied them wrongfully and arrogantly, though they themselves were convinced thereof.)(27:14) Musa criticized them saying:

أَتَقُولُونَ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَكُمْ ۖ أَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَا وَلَا يُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُونَ - قَالُوا أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا

("Say you (this) about the truth when it has come to you? Is this magic? But the magicians will never be successful." They said: "Have you come to us to turn us away...)

عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنَا

(from that we found our fathers following) their religion.

وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا

(and that you two may have...)

الْكِبْرِيَاءُ

(greatness) means grandeur and leadership

فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

(...in the land, We are not going to believe you two!")