Tafseer of The Poets · Ash-Shu'araa · 26:18
[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?
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In this passage something has been omitted, to which the context provides sufficient indication, namely: they came to Pharaoh and conveyed to him the message of their Lord, whereupon Pharaoh said: "Did we not raise you among us as a child, O Mūsā, and did you not spend among us some years of your life?" That refers to his stay with him before the killing that he committed against the man from the Copts.
