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102. We found no (loyalty to any) covenant in most of them. Nay, most of them We found wrong doers.
103. Then, after them, We sent Moses with our tokens unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they repelled them. Now, see
the nature of the consequence for the corrupters!
104. Moses said: O Pharaoh! Lo! I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds,
105. Approved upon condition that I speak concerning Allah nothing but the truth I come unto you (lords of Egypt) with
a clear proof from your Lord. So let the Children of Israel go with me.
106. (Pharaoh) said : If thou comest with a token, then produce it, if thou art of those who speak the truth.
107. Then he flung down his staff and lo! it was a serpent manifest;
108. And he drew forth his hand (from his bosom): and lo! it was white for the beholders.
109. The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said: Lo! this is some knowing wizard,
110. Who would expel you from your land. Now what do ye advise?
111. They said (unto Pharaoh): Put him off (a while) him and his brother and send into the cities summoners,
112. To bring each knowing wizard unto thee.
113. And the wizards came to Pharaoh, saying: Surely there will be a reward for us if we are victors.
114. He answered: Yea, and surely ye shall be of those brought near (to me).
115. They said: O Moses! Either throw (first) or let us be the first throwers?
116. He said: Throw! And when they threw they cast a spell upon the people's eyes, and overawed them, and produced
a mighty spell.
117. And We inspired Moses (saying): Throw thy staff! And lo! it swallowed up their lying show.
118. Thus was the Truth vindicated and that which they were doing was made vain.
119. Thus were they there defeated and brought low.
120. And the wizards fell down prostrate,
121. Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
122. The Lord of Moses and Aaron.
123. Pharaoh said: Ye believe in Him before I give you leave! Lo! this is the plot that ye have plotted in the city that
ye may drive its people hence. But ye shall come to know!
124. Surely I shall have your hands and feet cut off upon alternate sides. Then I shall crucify you every one.
125. They said: Lo! We are about to return unto our Lord!
126. Thou takest vengeance on us only forasmuch as we believed the tokens of our Lord when they came unto us. Our
Lord! Vouchsafe unto us steadfastness and make us die as men who have surrendered (unto Thee).
127. The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said: (O King), wilt thou suffer Moses and his people to make mischief in the land,
and flout thee and thy gods? He said: We will slay their sons and spare their women, for lo! we are in power over them.
128. And Moses said unto his people: Seek help in Allah and endure. Lo! the earth is Allah's. He giveth it for an
inheritance to whom He will. And lo! the sequel is for those who keep their duty (unto Him).
129. They said : We suffered hurt before thou camest unto us, `and since thou hast come unto us. He said: it may be
that your Lord is going to destroy your adversary and make you viceroys in the earth, that He may see how ye behave.
130. And We straitened Pharaoh's folk with famine and the dearth of fruits, that peradventure they might heed.
131. But whenever good befell them, they said : This is ours; and whenever evil smote them they ascribed it to the evil
auspices of Moses and those with him. Surely their evil auspice was only with Allah. But most of them knew not.
132. And they said: Whatever portent thou bringest when with to bewitch us, we shall not put faith in thee.
133. So We sent them the flood and the locusts and the vermin and the frogs and the blood a succession of clear signs.
But they were arrogant and became guilty.
134. And when the terror fell on them they cried: O Moses! Pray for us unto thy Lord, because He hath a covenant with
thee. If thou removest the terror from us we verily will trust thee and will let the Children of Israel go with thee.
135. But when We did remove from them the terror for a term which they must reach, behold! they broke their
covenant
136. Therefore We took retribution from them; therefore We drowned them in the sea: because they denied Our
revelations and were heedless of them.
137. And We caused the folk who were devised to inherit the eastern parts of the land and the western parts thereof
which We had blessed. And the fair word of the Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of their endurance;
and We annihilated (all) that Pharaoh and his folk had done and that they had contrived.