Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ash-Shu'araa, Ayah 23
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"
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Pharaoh said to Moses ‘And what is “the Lord of the Worlds” ’ the One Whose Messenger you say you indeed are? In other words what exactly is He? And since there is no way for creation to know the true nature of God but only to know Him through an articulation of His attributes Moses blessings and peace be upon him responds to him with mention of some of these attributes
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Pharaoh said) to Moses: (And what is the Lord of the Worlds) who is the Lord of the Worlds? Is it me you are referring to?