الشعراء

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and prophethood and appointed me [as one] of the messengers. ^[21]

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?" ^[22]

Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?" ^[23]

[Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced." ^[24]

[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?" ^[25]

[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers." ^[26]

[Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad." ^[27]

[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason." ^[28]

[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned." ^[29]

[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you proof manifest?" ^[30]

[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful." ^[31]

So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest. ^[32]

And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers. ^[33]

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician. ^[34]

He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?" ^[35]

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers ^[36]

Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician." ^[37]

So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day. ^[38]

And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate ^[39]

That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?" ^[40]