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duced an extremely powerful magic. (Surat al-A'raf, 116)
He said, 'No, you throw!' And suddenly their ropes and staffs ap-
peared to him, by their magic, to be slithering about. Musa experi-
enced in himself a feeling of alarm. We said, 'Have no fear. You will
have the upper hand. (Surah Ta Ha, 66-68)
When they had thrown, Musa said, 'What you have brought is
magic. Allah will certainly prove it false. Allah does not uphold the ac-
tions of corrupters.' Allah confirms the Truth by His words, even
though the evildoers hate it. (Surah Yunus, 81-82)
The Prophet Musa's (as) Superiority over the Magicians
Throw down what is in your right hand. It will swallow up their
handiwork. Their handiwork is just a magician's trick. Magicians do
not prosper wherever they go.' (Surah Ta Ha, 69)
We revealed to Musa, 'Throw down your staff.' And it immediately
swallowed up what they had forged. So the Truth took place and what
they did was shown to be false. They were defeated then and there,
transformed into humbled men. (Surat al-A'raf, 117-119)
The Magicians' Acceptance of Faith and Pharaoh's Anger
The magicians threw themselves down in prostration. They said,
'We believe in the Lord of Harun and Musa.' Pharaoh said, 'Do you be-
lieve in him before I have authorised you? He is your chief, the one
who taught you magic. I will cut off your hands and feet alternately
and have you crucified on palm trunks. Then you will know for cer-
tain which of us has the harsher and longer lasting punishment.' They
said, 'We will never prefer you to the Clear Signs which have come to
us nor to Him Who brought us into being. Decide on any judgment
you like. Your jurisdiction only covers the life of this world. We have
believed in our Lord so that He may forgive us for our mistakes and
for the magic which you forced us to perform. Allah is better and
longer lasting.' (Surah Ta Ha, 70-73)
We remain hopeful that our Lord will forgive us our mistakes for
being the first of the believers.' (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 51)
You are only avenging yourself on us because we believed in our
Lord's Signs when they came to us. Our Lord, pour down steadfast-