and fled and did not return. “Oh, Moses, draw near and do not fear, for you are in safety,”
cried the voice.
28:32 Put your hand into the bosom of your robe, and it will come out white [like a leper’s],
but unharmed, and draw your hand close to your side to guard against fear. These will be
two signs from your Lord to Pharaoh and his nobles for they are a sinful people.”
28:33 Moses said, “Oh, my Lord, I have killed one of them, and I fear that they will kill me,
and my brother Aaron is more eloquent in speech than I am. Send him with me as a helper
and to make good my cause for I fear they will accuse me of falsehoods.”
28:35 He said, “We will strengthen your arm with your brother, and We will give you both
authority, and they will not equal you in Our signs. You two and those who follow you will
win the day.”
28:36 When Moses came to them with Our clear signs they said, “This is nothing but a
magical device. We never heard the like among our fathers of old.” And Moses said, “My
Lord knows best who brings guidance from Him and who will be repaid in Paradise. It is
certain that the wicked will not prosper.”
28:38 Pharaoh said, “Oh, nobles, you have no other god that I know of but me, so Haman,
kindle a fire for me to bake bricks of clay, and build me a tower that I may climb up to the
god of Moses for I think he is a liar.”
28:39 He and his hosts were unjustly arrogant in the land. They thought that they would not
have to return to Us. So We seized him and his hosts and cast them into the sea. See what
was the end of the wrongful doers? And We made them leaders who call to the Fire of Hell,
and on Judgment Day, they will not be helped. We made a curse to follow them in this
world, and on Judgment Day they will be among the despised.
28:43 We gave the book of the Law to Moses for man’s enlightening, guidance, and mercy
after We destroyed the former generations so they would be mindful.
28:44 And you were not on the western slope of Sinai when We revealed the
commandments to Moses, nor were you one of the witnesses. But We raised up generations
after Moses and lengthened their days. Nor did you dwell among the Midians [a city on the
Red Sea] reciting Our signs, but We kept sending messengers to them. And you were not on
the slope of Sinai when We called to Moses, but it is of the mercy of your Lord that you
warn people who have never had a warner come to them, so they may be mindful. If We had
not sent you and had a disaster happened as a result of their own deeds, they might say, “Oh,
our Lord, why have you not sent a messenger to us? Then we would have followed your
signs and have been of the believers.”
40:23 We had sent Moses of old with Our signs and with clear authority to Pharaoh, and
Haman,
and Karun, and they said, “Sorcerer, impostor.”
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