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We brought the Children of Israel across the sea. Then Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them unjustly and oppressively. But as Pharaoh was drowning, he cried out, “I believe that there is no god except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am ˹now˺ one of those who submit.”

[And Allah said],˺ “Now ˹you believe˺? But you always disobeyed and were one of the corruptors.

Today We will save only your body, so that you may be a sign to those who will come after you. Many people fail to heed Our signs."
(Qur'an - 10 : 90, 91, 92)


[Note: We learn some precious lessons from this factual story mentioned in the Holy Quran. Earlier we read that when Pharaoh's magicians saw the Signs and Proofs of Allah's power, they fell into prostration and declared they believe in Musa and Harun's God Allah The One. Now we noticed that after his extreme stubbornness all his life, the Pharaoh proclaims that he believes in Allah Alone and that he is a Muslim (one who submits to Allah).
But we see that this late repentance and late proclamation of Allah's Oneness did not benefit him. He proclaimed shahadah only when he was under heavy sea waves and was drowning. It was not accepted from him. So we shouldnt wait until our old age to proclaim and follow Islam.
Because we see early deaths and strokes affecting people's ability to think and pray all the time. So we should proclaim Islam, do a big amount of worship, do repentance often, offer thanks often and follow Quran's commandments and stay away from transgressions and advise people to do good and discourage them from doing evil. Right now. Without procrastinating it for our later age which is not guaranteed.
Allah ordered the ocean to throw out the Pharaoh's dead body. And if you read the amazing book "Quran, Bible and Science" by Maurice Buchaille, you will know that the body of this Pharaoh is still preserved and present in one of the museums.

*Even today the place, where the dead body of Pharaoh was found floating, is pointed out by the inhabitants of that region. It lies on the western coast of the Sinai Peninsula and is now known by the name of Jabl-i-Firaun (Pharaoh’s Mount). There is also near to it a hot spring called Hammam-i-Firaun (Pharaoh’s Bath), which is situated at a distance of a few miles from Abu Zenimah, where, they say, Pharaoh’s dead body was found lying.

If the Pharaoh who was drowned was Mineptah, who ruled over Egypt when Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) was sent to him, his embalmed dead body is still lying in the Cairo Museum. When Sir Grafton E. Smith removed the bandages from his mummy, a layer of salt was found on the body, which was a clear proof that he was drowned in the sea.