How many times is the name "Egypt" mentioned in the Holy Quran?
Egypt is mentioned in the Holy Quran in several places, including in Surat Yusuf regarding Yusuf and his family's entry into it, and in Surat Az-Zukhruf on the tongue of Pharaoh. As for the Almighty's saying: "Go down into a city (Misra)" (Al-Baqarah: 61), scholars have differed in its interpretation: some said that it means any city (misr) among unspecified cities, while others said that it refers to the well-known Egypt of Pharaoh, citing what the Children of Israel inherited from Pharaoh's dwellings and the reading of "Misr" without tanwin (nunation).
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