The Stories - 28:5          
          
                        We favored those who were weakened and oppressed on the earth, that We might make them leaders and heirs.          
        
        
          The torture and oppression of Pharaoh and his men:        
      
                  
                    
                      The Stories/28:4                    
                  
                  
                                        Pharaoh acted despotically in the land. He divided his people into classes, oppressing and exploiting one group of them, keeping their daughters alive and slaughtering their sons. He was a corrupter.                  
                
                
              
                  
                    
                      Prophet Jonah/10:83                    
                  
                  
                                        Only a few of his people believed in Moses because they feared the torture and oppression of Pharaoh and his men. Pharaoh was a tyrant in the earth who exceeded the limits.                  
                
                
              
                  
                    
                      The Cow/2:49                    
                  
                  
                                        We rescued you from the men of Pharaoh who inflicted on you the worst of torture, who left your women and killed your sons. This was a great test from your Lord.                  
                
                
              
                  
                    
                      Ta-Ha/20:47                    
                  
                  
                                        "Come to him and say, ´We are the messengers of your Lord. Stop your torture of the Children of Israel and send them away with us. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. Peace be upon those who follow the right path.