there were deafness in his ears. Give him tidings of a terrible punishment. Those who will
believe and do good works, will enjoy the Gardens of Bliss, where they will abide forever. It
is Allah’s
true promise, and He is mighty and wise.
31:10 He created the heavens without pillars that can be seen and put mountains firmly on
the earth so that they would not move. He scattered over it animals of every sort. He sent
down rain from the heavens and caused every kind of noble plant to grow. This is the
creation of Allah. Now show me what others beside Him have created. The wrongdoers are
in obvious error.
7:59 We sent Noah to his people, and he said, “Oh, my people, worship Allah. You have no
other god but Him. I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful day.”
7:60
The chiefs of his people said, “We clearly see that you are in error.”
7:61 He said, “There is no error in me, my people, I am a messenger from the Lord of the
worlds. I bring to you the messages of my Lord and offer you good advice for I know from
Allah what you do not know. Do you wonder why a warning comes to you from your Lord
through a man among you? It is so you will guard against evil and receive His mercy.”
7:64 But they rejected him, so We saved him and those who were with him in the ark, and
We drowned those who rejected Our signs for they were a blind people.
7:103 After them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his nobles, but they rejected
them. See what was the end of those who made mischief! And Moses said, “Oh, Pharaoh, I
am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds. I have no right to speak anything but the truth
about Allah. Now I come to you with clear proof of my mission from your Lord, so let the
Children of Israel leave with me.”
7:106
Pharaoh said, “If
you have come with a sign, let me see it if you are telling the truth.”
7:107 So Moses threw down his rod, and it was clearly a serpent. Then he drew his hand
from his bosom, and it was clearly white [with leprosy] to the onlookers.
7:109 The nobles of Pharaoh’s people said, “This is a knowing sorcerer. He plans to expel
you from your land. What do you advise be done?”
7:111 They said, “Put him and his brother off awhile, and send the collectors to your cities
so they can bring every skilled sorcerer to you.”
7:113 And the sorcerers came to Pharaoh. They said, “We will surely be rewarded if we
win.”
7:114 He said, “Yes, and you will certainly be brought nearest to me.”
7:115 They said, “Oh, Moses! Will you throw down your rod first, or will we throw down
ours?”
7:116 Moses said, “Throw yours down.” And when they had thrown them down, they
bewitched the people’s eyes, and frightened them with a great feat of magic. Then We spoke
to Moses, “Throw down your rod,” and it devoured the lies they told. So the truth was
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