Al-A'raaf (The Heights)

140. “He said: ‘Shall I find for you a god other than Allah, while He has preferred you above all creatures?’”

141. “And (remember) when We delivered you from Pharaoh’s clan who were afflicting you with evil torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women, and in that was a great trial from your Lord.”

Then, for an emphasis, the Qur’ān adds that Moses said to them whether he should find a god other than Allah for them; the same Lord Who preferred them over all people of their time. Here is the statement of the verse:

“He said: ‘Shall I find for you a god other than Allah, while He has preferred you above all creatures?’”

In the next verse, Allah points to one of His great bounties bestowed upon the Children of Israel, so that by attending to that great bounty the sense of gratitude could be moved in them, and they knew that only His Pure Essence is eligible to be adored, worshipped and submitted.

At first it says:

“And (remember) when We delivered you from Pharaoh’s clan who were afflicting you with evil torment…”

Then, this ceaseless torment is explained as follows:

“…slaughtering your sons and sparing your women…”

The explanation of the verse implies that in that event there lies a great trial upon them from the side of Allah. The verse says:

“…and in that was a great trial from your Lord.”