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(Pharaoh) said to those around: “Did ye not listen (to
what he says)?”
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(Moses) said: “Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers
from the beginning!”
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(Pharaoh) said: “Truly your messenger who has been sent
to you is a veritable madman!
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Moses) said: “Lord of the East and the West, and all
between! if ye only had sense!”
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(Pharaoh) said: “If thou dost put forward any god other
than me, I will certainly put thee in prison!”
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(Moses) said: “Even if I showed you something clear
(and) convincing?”
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(Pharaoh) said: “Show it then, if thou tellest the truth!”
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So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent,
plain (for all to see)!
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And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to all
beholders!
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(Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: “This is indeed
a sorcerer well-versed:
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“His plan is to get you out of your land by his sorcery;
then what is it ye counsel?”
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They said: “Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a
while), and dispatch to the Cities heralds
to collect-
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“And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed.”
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So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of
a day well-known,
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And the people were told: “Are ye (now) assembled?-
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“That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they
win?”
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So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: “Of
course – shall we have a (suitable)reward if
we win?
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He said: “Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be
(raised to posts) nearest (to my person).”
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Moses said to them: “Throw ye – that which ye are about
to throw!”
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So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: “By the
might of Pharaoh, it is we who will certainly
win!”
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Then Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway
swallows up all the falsehoods which they fake!
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Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration,
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Saying: “We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
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“The Lord of Moses and Aaron.”
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Said (Pharaoh): “Believe ye in Him before I give you
permission? surely he is your leader, who has
taught you sorcery! but soon shall ye know! Be sure I will
cut off your hands and your feeton opposite
sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross!”
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They said: “No matter! for us, we shall but return to our
Lord!
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“Only, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us our
faults, that we may become foremost among
the believers!”
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By inspiration we told Moses: “Travel by night with my
servants; for surely ye shall be pursued.”
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Then Pharaoh sent heralds to (all) the Cities,
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(Saying): “These (Israelites) are but a small band,
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“And they are raging furiously against us;
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And most surely we are a vigilant multitude.
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So We expelled them from gardens, springs,
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Treasures, and every kind of honourable position;
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Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel
inheritors of such things.
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So they pursued them at sunrise.
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And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of
Moses said: “We are sure to be
overtaken.”
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(Moses) said: “By no means! my Lord is with me! Soon
will He guide me!”