[20].Surah Taha [Tâ-Hâ]: Ayat 41-44

Ayat 41. "And I have Istana'tuka, for Myself.

Ayat 42. "Go you and your brother with My Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and do not, you both, slacken and become weak in My Remembrance. Ayat 43. "Go, both of you, to Firaun (Pharaoh), verily, he has transgressed (all bounds in disbelief and disobedience and behaved as an arrogant and as a tyrant).

Ayat 44. "And speak to him mildly, perhaps he may accept admonition or fear Allah." 

[Tafseer] We may suppose that Moses had fled alone to the land of Midian , and that he had now come alone (with his family but not with his brother) to Tuwa, When he was honoured with his mission, and was granted his request that his brother Aaron should accompany him, we may suppose that he took steps to get Aaron to come to him, and their meeting was in Tuwa. Some time may be supposed to have elapsed before they were in Egypt , and then they prayed, and received these directions in their Egyptian home. Aaron was either an elder or a younger brother—we are not told which. In either case he was born when the ban on Israelite new-born babes was not in operation. Moses had been out of touch with him, and it speaks greatly for his family affection that he remembered him and prayed for his comradeship in the most serious spiritual work of his life. "Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds; Their mission was in the first instance to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians, and then to lead Israel out of Egypt . Compare the same phrase in 20:24. Having glanced at the early life of Moses we come back now to the time when Moses's actual ministry begins. The earlier personal story of Moses is rounded off. "But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear (Allah)." So far Pharaoh, in his inordinate vanity, had forgotten himself and forgotten how small a creature he was before Allah. This was to be brought to his recollection, so that he might perhaps repent and believe, or at least be deterred by fear from "transgressing all bounds". Some men eschew wrong from sincere love of Allah and understanding of their fellow-men, and some (of coarser minds) from the fear of consequences. Even the latter conduct may be a step to the former.

Hazrat Abu Dharr and Mu`adh bin Jabal (May Allah be pleased with them) reported that: Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, "Fear Allah wherever you are, do good deeds after doing bad ones, the former will wipe out the latter, and behave decently towards people"

[At-Tirmidhi Hadith # 1987].

Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Taha Ayat 44."perhaps he may accept admonition or fear Allah" Virtue obliterates vice means that virtue becomes an atonement for sin. But this applies to minor sins only because major ones will not be forgiven without sincere repentance. Similar is the case of encroachment on public rights which will not be forgiven without their compensation.