When Moses came unto Pharaoh and delivered unto him, as
bidden by God, the divine Message, Pharaoh spoke insultingly saying: “Art thou
not he that committed murder, and became an infidel?” Thus recounted the Lord
of majesty as having been said by Pharaoh unto Moses: “What a deed is that
which Thou hast done! Thou art one of the ungrateful. He said: ‘I did it
indeed, and I was one of those who erred. And I fled from you when I feared
you, but My Lord hath given Me wisdom, and hath made Me one of His Apostles.’” [Qur’án
26:19]
And now ponder in thy heart the commotion which God stirreth
up. Reflect upon the strange and manifold trials with which He doth test His
servants. Consider how He hath suddenly chosen from among His servants, and entrusted
with the exalted mission of divine guidance Him Who was known as guilty of
homicide, Who, Himself, had acknowledged His cruelty, and Who for well-nigh
thirty years had, in the eyes of the world, been reared in the home of Pharaoh
and been nourished at his table. Was not God, the omnipotent King, able to
withhold the hand of Moses from murder, so that manslaughter should not be
attributed unto Him, causing bewilderment and aversion among the people? (Baha’u’llah,
The Kitáb-i-Iqán)
