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They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let
us be the first to throw ?
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He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by their magic, appeared to
him as though they ran.
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And Moses conceived a fear in his mind.
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We said: Fear not! Lo! thou
art the higher.
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Throw that which is in thy right hand! It will
eat up that which they have made. Lo! that which they
have made is but a wizard’s artifice, and a wizard shall not be successful to
whatever point (of skill) he may attain.
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Then the wizards were (all) flung down
prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.
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(Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I
give you leave. Lo! he is your chief who taught you
magic. Now surely I shall cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I
shall crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and ye shall know for certain
which of us hath sterner and more lasting punishment.
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They said: We choose thee not above the clear
proofs that have come unto us, and above Him Who
created us. So decree what thou wilt decree. Thou wilt end for us only this
life of the world.
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Lo! we believe in our
Lord, that He may forgive us our sins and the magic unto which thou didst force
us. Allah is better and more lasting.
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Lo! whoso cometh guilty
unto his Lord, verily for him is hell. There he will neither die nor live.
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But whoso cometh unto Him a believer, having
done good works, for such are the high stations;
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Gardens of