Pharaoh : A Facist Chracter Related In The Koran

BY HARUN YAHYA

As is clear from the examples given so far, there were impor-

T
he defining characteristic of fascist leaders is their tendency to construct
regimes founded on fear and oppression. They tend to intimidate their tant resemblances between Pharaoh's system and that of fascist www.islamdenouncesterrorism.com
citizenry through threats, repression and torture, and thus control them regimes in our own time. These similarities are not just limited
as they wish. This is the case in almost all fascist regimes. Those who go along to administrative systems, but also apply to the peoples ad-
with them are those who generally support might instead of right, easily bow ministered under those systems. Certainly, most people who
their heads in the face of brutality, and are the kind of weak souls that can eas- abided by Pharaoh and followed his rule knew that they were
ily be led in any direction the authorities want. Ignorance here plays an impor- doing the wrong thing, and that the Prophet Moses was in the
tant role. right. But, because they saw Pharaoh as powerful, and as their
ruler, they thought that they had no other alternative. They fell
In the Koran, God provides an example of a cruel dictator and the kind of under the influence of brute force and power. They believed in
society those loyal to him consist of: Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs. the principle that "might is right" though the only true pos-
HARUN YAHYA The Pharaoh who ruled Egypt at the time of the prophet Moses established sessor of might and dominion is God. Because they could not
a system based entirely on the use of oppression. He did not hesitate using force comprehend this, they and Pharaoh ultimately suffered great
www.harunyahya.com and brutality, as all fascist leaders have done in order to fortify their authority. humiliation, both in this world and in the hereafter. God in-
info@harunyahya.com forms us about the end that awaited these people:
When we examine what the Koran has to say about Pharaoh, we see a strik-
ing resemblance to modern fascist leaders. Like fascist leaders in our own time, So We seized him and his troops and flung them into the sea.
Pharaoh divided the people in his country into classes, massacring some of them: See the final fate of the wrongdoers! We made them leaders,
summoning to the Fire, and on the Day of Rising they will
We recite to you with truth some news of Moses and Pharaoh for people who believe. Pharaoh exalted him- not be helped. We pursued them with a curse in this world
self arrogantly in the land and divided its people into camps, oppressing one group of them by slaughter- and on the Day of Rising they will be hideous and spurned.
ing their sons and letting their women live. He was one of the corrupters. (Koran, 28:3-4) (Koran, 28:40-42)
Another striking feature of Pharaoh's regime is the use of military power against his own people, in the very The end met by fascist leaders is just as unhappy as that of
same way as the modern fascists. For instance, he sent his army to prevent the flight of the children of Israel Pharaoh. Hitler committed suicide, and Mussolini was con-
and the Prophet Moses. The Koran repeatedly uses the expression "Pharaoh and his troops" when speaking demned to death by his own people. The cruelties they com-
about his government, which indicates that it was a militarist one. mitted in an attempt to elevate themselves only led to their hu-
Another similarity between Pharaoh and contemporary fascists is the way they portray themselves as di- miliation. They became people who were remembered with
vine. The "deification of the leader" employed in Hitler and Mussolini's regimes was also openly employed by disgust by those who came after. Furthermore, their humilia-
Pharaoh: tion in the hereafter will be much greater than that in this
world. But it must be remembered that the suffering in the
Pharaoh said, "Council, I do not know of any other god for you apart from Me…" (Koran, 28:38) hereafter is not just restricted to them, it also includes their fol-
Pharaoh called to his people, saying, "My people, does the kingdom of Egypt not belong to me? Do not all lowers. God reveals this truth in the Koran as:
these rivers flow under my control? Do you not then see?" (Koran, 43:51) They will all parade before God and the weak will say to
The verse also indicates that Pharaoh gave virulent speeches and hectored his people, a most distinctive fea- those who were arrogant, "We followed you, so can you help
ture of the propaganda methods employed by fascist dictators such as Hitler and Mussolini. us at all against the punishment of God?' They will say, "If
God had guided us, we would have guided you. It makes no
At a time when Pharaoh was pressuring his people to follow wherever he led them, a true prophet, the difference whether we cannot stand it or bear it patiently. We
Prophet Moses, came to tell the people of Egypt the truth and lead them onto the correct path. But they were have no way of escape." (Koran, 14:21)
afraid to follow Moses, and stuck with Pharaoh, who appeared to them more powerful:
Many dictators have established despotic regimes in this
No one believed in Moses except for a few of his people out of fear that Pharaoh, and the elders, would per- world, with their people bowing their heads to them, taken by
secute them. Pharaoh was high and mighty in the land. He was one of the profligate. (Koran, 10:83) the spell of brute force, violence, fear and domination, or as the
As we have seen, some of those who might have believed in the Prophet Moses failed to do so out of fear Koran puts it "… followed the command of every obdurate
of incurring the wrath of Pharaoh and those around him. This shows that Pharaoh's regime was one that op- tyrant" (Koran, 11:59). God reveals the great error these leaders RAMESES II: THE FASCIST PHARAOH OF
pressed people solely because of their beliefs, a fundamental characteristic of fascism. and their societies have made: ANCIENT EGYPT
Rameses II, who ruled Egypt in the time of the
Another similarity between Pharaoh and contemporary fascist leaders is their discriminatory and racist Pharaoh and those before him and the Overturned Cities
prophet Moses, governed a regime founded on
treatment of people. The racist views of modern fascists can also be seen in Pharaoh. Like the "anti-Semitic" made a great mistake. They disobeyed the Messenger of their oppression and violence, enslaving minorities
leaders of our own time, Pharaoh also saw the people of Israel as a so-called inferior race, and belittled the Lord so He seized them in an ever-tightening grip. (Koran, in his country (the Israelites), and portraying
prophets Moses and Aaron before their own people, the People of Israel. Here is an example of the words of 69:9-10) himself as a divine being: Just as modern fas-
Pharaoh and those around him: (For further information on the subject, see “Fascism: The cists have done.
They said, "What! Should we believe in two human beings like ourselves when their people are our slaves?" Bloody Ideology of Darwinism” by Harun Yahya)
(Koran, 23:47)

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And so that those who have been given knowledge will

A lmost everyone has his own rights and wrongs.

know it is the truth from their Lord and believe in it and
The criteria used to determine these rights and their hearts will be humbled to Him. God guides those
wrongs differ greatly. A book, a person, a politi- who believe to a straight path. (Surat al-Hajj: 54)
cian, or, at times, a philosopher may well be the guide in
life for a person. However, the right path, which is the on-
THE EVOLUTION DECEIT ly path that leads to salvation, is the religion which God Turning to God with complete submission
has chosen. In this path, the unique goal is to earn the Believers' turning to God with complete submission is
pleasure, mercy and paradise of God. Other paths, no mat- another secret of being guided to the straight path. For one
The Scientific Collapse of Darwinism and
ter how attractive they may seem, are deceptive and lead to who believes in God and fears the hereafter, this world
Its Ideological Background
ruin, hopelessness, unhappiness and painful punishment holds no charm.
The greatest fraud in the history of sci- both in this world and in the hereafter.
ence is unveiled… When the only ambi-
Those who are guid- tion is to please God, true
The Evolution Deceit has been published in ed to the straight path
many languages and created a sweeping effect believers turn to God in all
are a secret revealed in their acts, and knowing
across the world. The purpose of the book is to the Qur'an. They are the that God is testing them,
display the basic scientific facts that disprove the servants God has guid- they submit themselves to
theory of evolution in every field and to make ed to His straight path the fate God has predeter-
people aware of the inner truth, background and and who earn His para-
real purpose of this scientific fraud. dise.
That is because Allah is the Real and mined. God has informed
that those who submit
The main thrust of the book is stated in the gives life to the dead and has power over themselves to Him will be
introduction: Believing with all things, and the Hour is coming with- guided to the straight
The theory of evolution constitutes the un- certainty out any doubt and Allah will raise up path:
derpinnings of a dishonest philosophy that has
held sway over a great number of people. That philosophy is "materialism", Before all else, one all those in the graves. How can you disbelieve,
when God's Signs are re-
which holds a number of bogus views about why and how we came into being. needs to have faith in (Surat Al-Hajj, 6-7) cited to you and the
order to be guided to Messenger is there among
Materialism maintains that there is nothing but the matter and that matter is the
the straight path. If one you? Whoever holds fast
essence of everything, be it living or non-living. Starting out from this premise,
believes that the only to God has been guided
it denies the existence of a divine Creator, that is, God.
possessor and creator of Those who are merciful have mercy shown to a straight path. (Surah
The detriments of materialism are not only limited to individuals. the heavens and the them by the Compassionate One, if you show Ali 'Imran: 101)
Materialism also seeks to abolish the basic values on which the state and socie- earth and everything in mercy to those who are in the earth, He Who Believers who fear God
ty rest and generate a soulless and insensitive society that pays attention only to between is God, and is strive to purify themselves
matter. For these reasons, materialism is one of the severest menaces to the basic certain that the reason is in heaven will show mercy to you. of their wrongdoing and
values of the political and social order of a nation. of his existence in the (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi) to attain the moral perfec-
Another great evil of materialism is its underpinning of anarchist and divi- world is to be the ser- tion God will be most
sive ideologies that take aim at the perpetuity of the state and the people. vant of God, and seeks pleased with. However,
Communism, the foremost of these ideologies, is the natural political outcome of to earn God's content- one needs humility to be
the materialist philosophy. Seeking to abolish such sacred notions as state and ment all through his absolved of mistakes and
family, it constitutes the fundamental ideology of every form of separatist ac- life, God guides him to receive guidance to the
tions directed against the unitary structure of the state. the straight path. Faith straight path. God gives
in God, in the hereafter good news to His servants
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