Quranic Inferences: Shoaib; Moses PBUH:

Shoaib PBUH and his people

• Shoaib (PBUH) preached to his people to believe in one God, do not indulge in violence and corruption especially in the matter of business and trade.
• Shoaib (PBUH) also forbade his people of looting the trade caravans.
• Shoaib (PBUH) told his people to be thankful for what God gives them and not lust after more with corruption.
• Infidels mocked Shoaib (PBUH) calling him a liar, commoner and cursed.
• On the warning, the people of Shoaib rebuked him and God’s punishment also.
• Infidels made fun of the prayers and the piousness of Shoaib (PBUH)
• Infidels believed that if they obeyed Shoaib (PBUH), their trade will be ruined.
• Infidels warned of exiling the Prophet Shoaib (PBUH) and his companions.
• Infidels called Shoaib silly and threatened him of stoning.
• For denying the Prophet, Shoaib’s people were punished and killed with a very loud explosion but the believers were saved.
• Shoaib’s people had gone so deviant that even the prophet did not regret their deadly punishment.

Moses PBUH and Pharoa

• Moses (PBUH) asked Pharaoh to free the Israelites and believe in one God and his messenger.
• Pharaoh rebuked Moses and rejected his propositions.
• Pharaoh used to think that his grip on his people was very strong.
• Pharaoh thought he was leading his nation in a progressive direction, ‘according to his transgression’.
• On seeing the miracles of Moses, Pharaoh got intimidated and falsely publicised that Moses is instigating and conspiring against the government.
• Pharaoh announced such grave punishment for the magicians so that no one dared accepting the faith preached by Moses (PBUH).
• The believers heard Pharaoh and thought of preparing to appear in front of God on the day of resurrection.
• When the magicians started believing, Pharaoh started killing the male children born newly to the women of the Israelites.
• Pharaoh threatened Moses to put him in jail and decided to slay him finally.
• Pharaoh’s aggressions and violence scared people so much that only a few of them accepted the preaching of Moses (PBUH).
• God wrecked and ruined the people of Pharaoh in the mighty waters of oceans but saved the believers.
• The mighty power of its time collapsed in to nothingness as if there was not a thing of its sort ever existing.
• On the very moment of facing death in the deadly disaster Pharaoh finally wanted to submit his will to God but then it was rejected because it was too late to God to accept his repentance.
• People, who believe in God and his messenger, should learn their lesson from destruction of Pharaoh.