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follow is doomed, and all their works are vain. Should I seek any god
for you but Allah? He has exalted you above the nations. And
(remember) that he delivered you from Pharaoh's people, who had
oppressed you cruelly, putting your sons to death and sparing your
daughters. Surely that was a great trial fromyour Lord.'
We promisedMusa thirty nights, to whichWe added ten nights more:
so that the appointment with his Lord took forty nights.
Musa said to Harun, his brother: 'Take my place among my people.
Dowhat is right and do not follow the path of the wrongdoers.'
And when Musa came at the appointed time and his Lord spoke to
him, he said: 'Lord, revealYourself tome, that I may look uponYou.'
He replied: 'You shall not see Me. But look upon the Mountain; if it
remains firm in its place, then shall you seeMe.'
And when his Lord revealed Himself to the mountain, He crushed it
to fine dust. Musa fell down senseless, andwhen he came to himself, he
said: 'Glory be to You! Accept my repentance. I am the first of
believers.'
He said: 'Musa, I have chosen you of all mankind to make known My
messages and My words. Take therefore what I have given you, and be
thankful.'
We inscribed for him upon the Tablets all kinds of exhortation and
clear explanations, of all things, (and said to him): 'Observe these
steadfastly, and enjoin your people to observe what is best in them. I
shall show you the home of the wicked. I will turn away fromMy signs
the arrogant and the unjust, so that even if they witness each and every
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