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GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

astray! They are the unaware. (Surat al-A'raf:179)

Even if We opened up to them a door into heaven, and they spent
the day ascending through it, they would only say: "Our eyesight
is befuddled! Or rather we have been put under 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 func-
tions with a flawless system of organization, discipline, reason, and con-
sciousness; a planet named Earth with all of its features so perfectly suit-
ed to life; and living things full of countless complex systems.
In fact, in the Qur'an Allah relates the incident of the Prophet Moses
(pbuh) and Pharaoh to show that some people who support atheistic
philosophies actually influence others by magic. When Pharaoh was told

about the true religion, he told the Prophet Moses (pbuh) to meet with his
own magicians. When the Prophet 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 the Prophet Moses (pbuh) and those who believed in him. How-
ever, 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 immedi-
ately swallowed up what they had forged. So the Truth took place

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