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Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this are
Signs for men endued with understanding.
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From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return
you, and from it shall We bring you out once again.
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And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject and
refuse.
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He said: “Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with thy
magic, O Moses?
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“But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a
tryst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep –
neither we nor thou – in a place where both shall have even
chances.”
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Moses said: “Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the
people be assembled when the sun is well up.”
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So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came
(back).
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Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah,
lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger
must suffer frustration!”
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So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they
kept their talk secret.
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They said: “These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their
object is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and
to do away with your most cherished institutions.
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“Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried)
ranks: He wins (all along) today who gains the upper hand.”
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They said: “O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first)
or that we be the first to throw?”
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He said, “Nay, throw ye first!” Then behold their ropes and their
rods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic – began to be
in lively motion!
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So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear
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We said: “Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:
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“Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow
up that which they have faked what they have faked is but a
magician’s trick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter)where
he goes.”
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So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said,
“We believe in the Lord of Aaronand Moses”.
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(Pharaoh) said: “Believe ye in Him before I give you
permission? Surely this must be your leader, who has taught you
magic! be sure I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite
sides,and I will have you crucified on trunks of palm-trees: so
shall ye know for certain, which of us can give the more severe
and the more lasting punishment!”
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They said: “Never shall we regard thee as more than the Clear
Signs that have come to us, orthan Him Who created us! so
decree whatever thou desirest to decree: for thou canst only
decree (touching) the life of this world.
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“For us, we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us our
faults, and the magic to which thou didst compel us: for Allah is
Best and Most Abiding.”
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Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for
him is Hell: therein shall he neither die nor live.
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But such as come to Him as Believers who have worked
righteous deeds,- for them are ranks exalted,-
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Gardens of Eternity, beneath which flow rivers: they will dwell
therein for aye: such is the reward of those who purify
themselves (from evil).
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We sent an inspiration to Moses: “Travel by night with My
servants, and strike a dry path for them through the sea, without
fear of being overtaken (by Pharaoh) and without (any other)
fear.”
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Then Pharaoh pursued them with his forces, but the waters
completely overwhelmed themand covered them up.
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Pharaoh led his people astray instead of leading them aright.
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O ye Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and
We made a Covenant with you on the right side of Mount (Sinai),
and We sent down to you Manna and quails: