Surat Ash-Shu`arā' (The Poets) - سورة الشعراء

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26:26

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[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."

26:27

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[Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad."

26:28

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[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."

26:29

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[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."

26:30

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[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you proof manifest?"

26:31

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[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."

26:32

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So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.

26:33

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And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.

26:34

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[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.

26:35

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He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"

26:36

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They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

26:37

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Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."

26:38

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So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.

26:39

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And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate

26:40

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That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"

26:41

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And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"

26:42

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He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]."

26:43

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Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."

26:44

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So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."

26:45

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Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.

26:46

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So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah ].

26:47

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They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

26:48

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The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

26:49

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[Pharaoh] said, "You believed Moses before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all."

26:50

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They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

26:51

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Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers."

26:52

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And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."

26:53

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Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers

26:54

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[And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band,

26:55

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And indeed, they are enraging us,

26:56

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And indeed, we are a cautious society... "

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Surat Ash-Shu`arā' (The Poets) - سورة الشعراء