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CLAIM № 10-92-ASŪRAT YŪNUS · HISTORYSources verified

Was the body of Pharaoh preserved as a sign?

The claim, the identification debate, and the archaeological record — including where scholars disagree.

CLAIM № 10-92-ASŪRAT YŪNUS · HISTORYSources verified
Primary source

فَالْيَوْمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ آيَةً ۚ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ النَّاسِ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا لَغَافِلُونَ

"So today We will save you in body that you may be to those who succeed you a sign. And indeed, many among the people, of Our signs, are heedless."

Qur'an 10:92 · trans. Saheeh International

Independent findings

The royal mummies of the New Kingdom were recovered and remain on public display in Cairo. Which pharaoh the narrative concerns is a live scholarly debate — Ramesses II and Merneptah are both argued — so the VERIFIED stamp covers exactly what the verse asserts: preservation of a body as a sign, not any identification.

[7] Smith, The Royal Mummies (Cairo 1912) · [8] Habicht et al. 2016, HOMO 67(1)

PROVENANCE: manuscript → Ḥafṣ transmission → 1924 Cairo edition✓ text unchanged

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