The Luring of Wrongdoers for Others in the Glorious Qur’an: Its Factors, Means, and Methods: Pharaoh’s Story as a Model

Abstract

The research is aimed to know the oppressors’ luring of people with reference to the story of Pharaoh mentioned in the Qur’an, and to define the meaning of luring and clarify the specific factors of the oppressors in luring others, and the statement of the methods and means they use to achieve this. The research includes an introduction, the research problem, its objectives and importance, its limits, and previous studies. The importance of this research is highlighted in the fact that it deals with an important topic experienced by the Arab and Islamic nation in this era, where it deals with another type of solicitation not addressed by many researchers before. It also provides a societal awareness that can help people realize the means and methods of the oppressors in trying to deceive them and how people face the oppressors by walking in the right prophetic approach. The research is divided into two sections. The first section deals with the concept of luring and its factors. And the second section focuses on the means and methods of luring that Pharaoh used. The research reveals that the luring of the oppressors for others occurs due to the availability of many factors that tyrants exploit to lure their people, and ensure their permanent dominance. It also shows that the oppressors have a special view of the masses they rule, so even if they possess the means and methods that help them to lure, the heedlessness of the masses is the first determinant of their success, and this is the structure that the oppressors seek to maintain in the minds of the masses. This reflects that the reality in which we live today is based on the same old methods, even if the names are different. As long as the masses live in an unbalanced circle, legally and customarily, the oppressors’ disdain for their minds is the inevitable outcome. The research recommends that the Arab and Islamic peoples must follow the Qur’anic and Prophetic approach, and beware of falling into the trap of oppressors’ temptation of the minds of their heedless people.