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Surat Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold) - سورة الزخرف
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![43:48](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43_48.png)
Sahih International
And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].![43:49](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43_49.png)
Sahih International
And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."![43:50](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43_50.png)
Sahih International
But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.![43:51](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43_51.png)
Sahih International
And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?![43:52](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43_52.png)
Sahih International
Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?![43:53](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43_53.png)
Sahih International
Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"![43:54](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43_54.png)
Sahih International
So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah ].![43:55](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43_55.png)
Sahih International
And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.![43:57](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43_57.png)
Sahih International
And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.![43:58](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43_58.png)
Sahih International
And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.![43:59](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/43_59.png)
Sahih International
Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.![](/images/boxBottomBR.gif)