Re: Fir'awn (Pharaoh) Smarter than Ash'aris/Maturidees?
You dont seem to understand the situation do you!
As dor Imam Ahmed, his time was the era of naqly dalail therefore it was sufficient for him to prove so, where as at the time of Imam Abul Hassan Ashari was the time of philosophy, groups such as the mutazila appeared whom used philosophy, and to contradict them we had to take philsophy as the naqly dalail ( i.e quran and Sunnah) wasnt sufficient.
This is also happened when Al-Ghazzali and Razi where confronted.
As for your verses and ahadith, you like Ibn Taymiyyah has taken everything literal,
Try looking into the tafaseer, such as the tafseer of Ar Razi and youll find your answer
And please, keep yoru shaykh ul islam to urself, as for him we did give him an answer
Read the books writtedn by Shaykh ul Islam Tajuddin Subki