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appointed gods to be worshipped besides theMerciful.
We sent forth Musa with Our signs to Pharaoh and his nobles. He
said: 'I am the apostle of the Lord of the Worlds.' But when he showed
them Our signs they laughed at them: yet each fresh sign We revealed
to themwas mightier than the one that came before it. ThereforeWe let
loose Our scourge upon them, so that they might return (to the right
path).
'Magician,' they said, 'pray to your Lord for us in accordance to the
promise He has made you.We accept your guidance.'
But whenWe had relieved their affliction they broke their pledge.
Pharaohmade a proclamation to his people. 'My people,' said he, 'is
the kingdom of Egypt not mine, and are these rivers which flow at my
feet not mine also? Can you not see? Am I not better than this
despicable wretch, who can scarcely make his meaning plain? Why
have no bracelets of gold been given him, or angels sent down with
him? '
Thus he incited his people. They obeyed him, for they were
degenerate men. And when they provoked Us, We punished them and
drowned them all, as a lesson and an example to those who succeeded
them.
When Mariam's son is cited as an instance, your people laugh and
say: 'Who is better, he or our gods? ' They cite him to you only by way
of disputation. Truly, they are a contentious nation.
He was no more than a man whom We favoured and made an
example to the Children of Israel. Had it beenOur willWe could have
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