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170 THE PERFECT DESIGN IN THE UNIVERSE IS NOT BY CHANCE

In the Qur'an (7: 116), God tells of an
episode that occurred between Moses (peace

be upon Him) and Pharaoh, showing how
some people who espoused a godless philos-
ophy put spells on others. When Moses was
explaining the true religion to Pharaoh,

Pharaoh told Moses to meet him where his
skilled magicians were gathered with the
people. When Moses met the magicians, he
commanded them to display their skills, and:
He said, "You throw." And when they
threw, they cast a spell on the peo-
ple's eyes and caused them to feel
great fear of them. They produced an
extremely powerful magic.

Pharaoh's magicians were able to put a
deceptive spell on everyone—except Moses
and those who believed in him. But the
proof that Moses presented to them in re-

sponse "swallowed up what they had
forged" as it says in this verse, in other
words, made them ineffective:
We revealed to Moses, "Throw down
your staff." And it immediately swal-
lowed up what they [the magicians]
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. (Qur'an 7: 116)

As this verse states, when these people