How many times is the name "Egypt" mentioned in the Holy Quran?
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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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