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Moses
said to him: "Woe to you! Forge not you a lie against Allah,
lest He destroy you (at once)
utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!" |
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62. |
So
they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept
their talk secret. |
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63. |
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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64. |
"Therefore
concert your plan. And then assemble in (serried)
ranks: he wins (all along)
today who gains the upper hand." |
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65. |
They
said: "O Moses! Whether will you that you throw (first)
or that we be the first to throw?" |
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He
said "Nay, throw you 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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67. |
So
Moses conceived in his mind a (sort
of) fear |
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68. |
We
said: "Fear not! for you have indeed the upper hand: |
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"Throw
that which is in your 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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| 70. |
So
the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said, "We
believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses." |
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71. |
(Pharaoh)
said: "Believe you 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 you know for certain which
of us can give the more severe and the more lasting Punishment!" |
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72. |
They
said: "Never shall we regard you as more than the Clear Signs
that have come to us or than Him Who created us! So decree whatever
you desires to decree: for you can only decree (touching)
the life of this world. |
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| 73. |
For
us, we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us our faults, and
the magic to which you did compel us: for Allah is Best and Most Abiding." |
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74. |
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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75. |
But
such as comes to Him as Believers who have worked righteous deeds--for
them are ranks exalted-- |
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76. |
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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| 77. |
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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78. |
Then
Pharaoh pursued them with his forces, but the waters completely overwhelmed
them and covered them up. |
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| 79. |
Pharaoh
led his people astray instead of leading them aright. |
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| 80. |
O
you Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and We made
a Covenant with you on the side of Mount (Sinai),
and We sent down to you Manna and quails: |
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81. |
(Saying):
"Eat of the good things We have provided for your sustenance,
but commit no excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly descend
on you: and those on whom descends My Wrath do perish indeed! |
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82. |
"But,
without doubt, I am (also)
He that forgives again and again, to those who repent, believe, and
do right--who, in fine, are ready to receive true guidance." |
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(When
Moses was up on the Mount, Allah said:)
"What made you hasten in advance of your people, O Moses?" |
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84. |
He
replied: "Behold, they are close on my footsteps: I hastened
to You, O my Lord, to please You." |
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85. |
(Allah)
said: "We have tested your people in your absence: the Samiri
has led them astray." |
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86. |
So
Moses returned to his people in state of indignation and sorrow. He
said: "O my people! Did not your Lord make a handsome promise
to you? Did then the promise seem to you long (in
coming)? Or did you desire that
Wrath should descend from your Lord on you, and so you broke your
promise to me?" |
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They
said: "We broke not the promise to you, as far as lay in our
power: but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the
(whole)
people, and we threw them (into
the fire), and that was what
the Samiri suggested. |
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88. |
"Then
he brought out (of the fire)
before the (people)
the image of a calf: it seemed to low: so they said: `This is your
god, and the god of Moses, but
(Moses) has forgotten!' " |
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89. |
Could
they not see that it could not return them a word (for
answer), and that it had no
power either to harm them or to do them good? |
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| 90. |
Aaron
had already, before this said to them: "O my people! You are
being tested in this: for verily your Lord is (Allah)
Most Gracious: so follow me and obey my command." |
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