How did the Children of Israel inherit the treasures, gardens, and dwellings of Pharaoh and his people, even though they left Egypt before Pharaoh's destruction and did not return to it?
Allah Almighty said concerning Pharaoh and his people: ("So We expelled them from gardens and springs And treasures and a noble dwelling Thus. And We made the Children of Israel inherit them.") (Ash-Shu'ara/57-59). Scholars differed on how the Children of Israel inherited, and whether it meant inheriting Egypt or the Levant, with several opinions: Some said the Children of Israel returned to Egypt and settled there. Others said they took possession of it, then transported its contents to the Levant and settled there. Still others said they later came to possess the land of Egypt and Pharaoh's treasures at a later time, during the era of David and others. There is another interpretation: that the Children of Israel inherited a state of blessing and comfort, and did not inherit Pharaoh's actual possessions. This is supported by history, as the Children of Israel did not possess Egypt after their exodus from it, and what they inherited was in the land of the Levant.
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