Pharaoh demanded, “Bring me every skilled magician.”
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When the magicians came, Moses said to them, “Cast whatever you wish to cast!”
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When they did, Moses said, “What you have produced is mere magic, Allah will surely make it useless, for Allah certainly does not set right the work of the corruptors.
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And Allah establishes the truth by His Words—even to the dismay of the wicked.”
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But no one believed in Moses except a few youths of his people, while fearing that Pharaoh and their own chiefs might persecute them. And certainly Pharaoh was a tyrant in the land, and he was truly a transgressor.
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Moses said, “O my people! If you do believe in Allah and submit ˹to His Will˺, then put your trust in Him.”
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They replied, “In Allah we trust. Our Lord! Do not subject us to the persecution of the oppressive people,
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and deliver us by Your mercy from the disbelieving people.”
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We revealed to Moses and his brother, “Appoint houses for your people in Egypt. Turn these houses into places of worship, establish prayer, and give good news to the believers!”
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Moses prayed, “Our Lord! You have granted Pharaoh and his chiefs luxuries and riches in this worldly life, ˹which they abused˺ to lead people astray from Your Way! Our Lord, destroy their riches and harden their hearts so that they will not believe until they see the painful punishment.”
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