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Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

In papyruses from the time of Pharaoh, Prophet Musa (as) is reg-
ularly referred to as a magician. (The papyruses in question are held in
the British Museum.) Despite all the best efforts of Pharaoh and his
supporters, they were never able to get the better of Prophet Musa (as)
in their all-out war against him and the Children of Israel.
This is written on the second day of the seventh month of Payni during
the reign of Ramses, the elder brother of Ammon, the Sun's son who is the
administrator of justice, and who lives eternally like his father, the Sun…
When you receive this letter, rise, set to work and undertake the supervi-
sion of the fields. When you hear the news of a new disaster such as a
flood ruining the entire cereals, think. Hemton destroyed them by con-
suming them greedily, granaries are cracked, rats are clumped in fields,
fleas are like hurricane, scorpions are eating up greedily, wounds caused
by little flies are too many to count. And these grieve the people… The
Scribe [probably referring to Prophet Musa (as)] fulfilled the purpose to
destroy the total amount of cereals… Sorceries are like their bread.
Scribe… is the first of men in the art of writing.

The reference to Prophet Musa (as), and the "magician" accusa-
tions hurled at him, can be found in the following verses:
They said, "Magician, invoke your Lord for us by the contract He has
made with you and we shall certainly follow the guidance." (Qur'an,
43:49)
They said, "No matter what kind of sign you bring us to bewitch us, we
will not believe in you." (Qur'an, 7:132)

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