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"Our eyesight is befuddled! Or rather we have been put un-
                     der a spell!" (Surat al-Hijr, 14-15)
                     Words cannot express just how astonishing it is that this spell
                 should hold such a wide community in thrall, keep people from
                 the truth, and not be broken for 150 years. It is understandable
                 that one or a few people might believe in impossible scenarios
                 and claims full of stupidity and illogicality. However, "magic" is
                 the only possible explanation for people from all over the world
                 believing that unconscious and lifeless atoms suddenly decided
                 to come together and form a universe that functions with a flaw-
                 less system of organization, discipline, reason, and consciousness;
                 a planet named Earth with all of its features so perfectly suited to
                 life; and living things full of countless complex systems.

                     In fact, the Qur'an relates the incident of Moses (pbuh) and
                 Pharaoh to show that some people who support atheistic philos-
                 ophies actually influence others by magic. When Pharaoh was
                 told about the true religion, he told Prophet Moses (pbuh) to meet
                 with his own magicians. When Moses (pbuh) 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 produced an extremely powerful magic. (Surat
                     al-A‘raf, 116)

                     As we have seen, Pharaoh's magicians were able to deceive
                 everyone, apart from Moses (pbuh) and those who believed in
                 him. However, his evidence broke the spell, or "swallowed up
                 what they had forged," as the verse puts it:
                     We revealed to Moses: "Throw down your staff." And it im-
                     mediately swallowed up what they had forged. So the Truth




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