"And Pharaoh said, Let me kill Moses," he said this to his companions; meaning: let me be and do not stand between me and him so that I may kill him, for he did not fear that he would be prevented from doing so. "And let him call upon his Lord," meaning: let him seek the aid of his Lord; implying that his Lord would not avail him of anything. "Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion." Al-Hasan said: They were idolaters. "Or that he will cause corruption to appear in the land," meaning: the land of Egypt.
﴿وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِي أَقْتُلْ مُوسَى﴾ يَقُوله لأَصْحَابه؛ أَي: خلوا بيني وَبَينه فَأَقْتُلهُ وَلم يخف أَن يمْتَنع مِنْهُ ﴿وليدع ربه﴾ أَي: وليسْتعن ربه؛ أَي إِن ربه لَا يُغني عَنْهُ شَيْئا ﴿إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ﴾ قَالَ الْحَسَن: كَانُوا عَبدة أوثان ﴿وَأَن يُظْهِرَ فِي الأَرْضِ﴾ يَعْنِي: أَرض مصر ﴿الْفَسَادَ﴾.
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