قَالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطَانًا فَلَا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمَا بِآيَاتِنَا أَنتُمَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَكُمَا الْغَالِبُونَ
He said, ‘We will strengthen your arm by means of your brother, and invest both of you with such authority that they will not touch you. With the help of Our signs, you two, and those who follow the two of you, shall be the victors.’
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 28:35
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 28:35] Imam Muhammad bin Ali al Baqir said that when Musa returned to his wife from mount Sinai, she asked him from where he was returning. Musa replied that he was coming from Allah who is the creator of fire. He then left to see Firawn. When Musa reached Firawn's palace and started inviting people to the true faith someone informed Firawn that there was a man at his door who claimed to be a prophet from Allah. It was Firawn's habit to throw the victims of his anger before wild animals who ate them before his eyes. He ordered some lions and other animals to be brought and Musa to be presented in chains. When Musa was brought and turned towards wild beasts they began to wag their tails and lick Musa's feet. Firawn was surprised and said that he had never seen such a person. Then Musa turned his face to the throne and Firawn recognised him and said: "Did we not nourish you and brought you up?" He ordered Musa to be beheaded by the executioner. When the executioner raised his sword on Musa, Jibrail caused the sword to cut the executioner himself and thereafter whoever attempted to slay Musa was himself beheaded. At last, Firawn ordered Musa to be released. Musa showed his hand shining as a bright star and said that this is my sign of being a prophet and then he threw his staff which turned into a big snake and opened its wide mouth big enough to swallow Firawn sitting on his throne. Firawn got frightened and ran out requesting Musa to hold back the snake. He held it, and it came back to its original state of an ordinary stick. Imam Ali said: By Allah I see Musa with his large arms, clad in a woollen shirt, his waist tied with a rope, his shoes made of mule's skin in his feet, his staff in his hand, standing on the door of Firawn and inviting him to declare his belief in the Lord of the worlds." This verse also contains the prophecy of the fall of Makka when the Holy Prophet and Ali entered the city and Ali removed the idols in Ka-bah by standing on the shoulders of the Holy Prophet.