The honourable scholars have written about the wisdom behind this. One of these wisdoms is that Egypt is a blessed place. The shrines of Sayyiduna Yusuf عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام and his eleven brothers, who themselves are saints and friends of Allah Almighty, are found in Egypt. Due to their blessings, Egypt was not destroyed, rather, the disbelievers who lived there were taken out of the city and drowned in a river. Read the Holy Quran, Para 9, Surah Al-A’raf, in which Allah Almighty has mentioned the drowning of Fir’awn. It was stated thereafter that the Bani Israel, whom Fir’awn had forcibly made his servants, were made the rulers of the East and West of Egypt. It is stated by Allah Almighty:

وَ اَوْرَثْنَا الْقَوْمَ الَّذِیْنَ كَانُوْا یُسْتَضْعَفُوْنَ مَشَارِقَ الْاَرْضِ وَ مَغَارِبَهَا الَّتِیْ بٰرَكْنَا فِیْهَاؕ-

And We made the people who were suppressed already the inheritors of the Eastern and Western parts of the land in which We have placed blessings.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 9, Surah Al-A’raf, verse 137)

The famous commentator of the Holy Quran, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه writes in explaining this blessed verse: ‘Egypt remained safe from being destroyed because the shrines of the children of Sayyiduna Ya’qoob عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام, who are from the friends of Allah Almighty, are found in Egypt.’ (Tafseer Na’eemi, Part 9, Surah Al-A’raf, under the verse 137, V 9, p. 160, Slightly amended)

The shrines of the Awliya are places of safety

There was once a pious predecessor, Sayyiduna Yahya Bin Yahya رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه. Imam Abu Hasan Nayshapuri رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه states: ‘One day, my fortune shone, and I was blessed with beholding the final Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in my dream. I saw that He صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم came to the shrine of Sayyiduna Yahya Bin Yahya رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه, and honourable companions رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم were also alongside him. The Holy Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم went upon the Musalla of Imamat, the honourable