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dity and illogicality. However, "magic" is the only possible explanation
for people from all over the world believing that unconscious and life-
less atoms suddenly decided to come together and form a universe that
functions with a flawless system of organization, discipline, reason,
and consciousness; a planet named Earth with all of its features so per-
fectly suited to life; and living things full of countless complex systems.
In fact, in the Qur'an God relates the incident of the Prophet Moses

(as) and Pharaoh to show that some people who support atheistic phi-
losophies actually influence others by magic. When Pharaoh was told
about the true religion, he told the Prophet Moses (as) to meet with his
own magicians. When the Prophet Moses (as) did so, he told them to
demonstrate their abilities first. The verses continue:
He said: "You throw." And when they threw, they cast a spell on the
people's eyes and caused them to feel great fear of them. They pro-

duced an extremely powerful magic. (Surat al-A'raf, 116)
As we have seen, Pharaoh's magicians were able to deceive ever-
yone, apart from the Prophet Moses (as) and those who believed in
him. However, his evidence broke the spell, or "swallowed up what
they had forged," as revealed in the verse:

We revealed to Moses: "Throw down your staff." And it immediate-
ly swallowed up what they had forged. So the Truth took place and
what they did was shown to be false. (Surat al-A'raf, 117-118)
As we can see, when people realized that a spell had been cast
upon them and that what they saw was just an illusion, Pharaoh's

magicians lost all credibility. In the present day too, unless those who,
under the influence of a similar spell, believe in these ridiculous claims
under their scientific disguise and spend their lives defending them,
abandon their superstitious beliefs, they also will be humiliated when
the full truth emerges and the spell is broken. In fact, world-renowned
British writer and philosopher Malcolm Muggeridge, who was an athe-

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