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and Sa‘id ibn Jubayr said: They were pulpits. (1) Some also mentioned that whenever Pharaoh sat upon his throne, three hundred golden chairs were placed before him, upon which the nobles would sit, clothed in brocade cloaks embroidered with gold.
“Thus it was; and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them.” (59) “Then they pursued them at sunrise.” (60)
(1) Ma'ani al-Quran al-Karim by al-Nahhas, 5/82; al-Durr al-Manthur, 6/298.
بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ: هِيَ الْمَنَابِرُ (١) . وَذَكَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ: أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا قَعَدَ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ وَضَعَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَمِائَةِ كُرْسِيٍّ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهَا الْأَشْرَافُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَقْبِيَةُ مِنَ الدِّيبَاجِ مَخُوصَةٌ بِالذَّهَبِ.
﴿كَذَلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ (٥٩) فَأَتْبَعُوهُمْ مُشْرِقِينَ (٦٠) ﴾
(١) معاني القرآن الكريم للنحاس: ٥ / ٨٢، الدر المنثور: ٦ / ٢٩٨.