26 Preface وَقالَ فِرعَونُ ذَروني أَقتُل موسىٰ وَليَدعُ رَبَّهُ ۖ إِنّي أَخافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دينَكُم أَو أَن يُظهِرَ فِي الأَرضِ الفَسادَYusuf AliSaid Pharaoh: “Leave me to slay Moses; and let him call on his Lord!1 What I fear is lest he should change your religion,2 or lest he should cause mischief to appear in the land!”This is an episode that occurs when Moses, invested with his mission, confronts Pharaoh in his Court and preaches to him: see 20:49 and following verses; also 20:57, 63.Some of Pharaoh’s people did afterwards give up the worship of Pharaoh and of the Egyptian gods and believed “in the Lord of Aaron and Moses” and in fact suffered martyrdom for the Faith of Unity: 20:70-73.