The Poets
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE
[26:29]
Said [Pharaoh]: "Indeed, if thou choose to worship any deity other than me, I shall most certainly throw thee into prison!"


* v.29 : In the religion of ancient Egypt, the king (or “Pharaoh,” as each of the rulers was styled) represented an incarnation of the divine principle, and was considered to be a god in his own right. Hence, a challenge to his divinity implied a challenge to the prevalent religious system as a whole.