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And every token that We
showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the
torment, that haply they might turn again.
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And they said: O wizard! Entreat thy Lord for us
by the pact that He hath made with thee. Lo! we verily
will walk aright.
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But when We eased them of
the torment, behold! they broke their word.
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And Pharaoh caused a proclamation to be made
among his people saying: O my people! Is not mine the sovereignty of
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I am surely better than this fellow, who is
despicable and can hardly make (his meaning) plain!
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Why, then, have armlets of gold not been set
upon him, or angels sent along with him ?
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Thus he persuaded his people to make light (of
Moses), and they obeyed him. Lo! they were a wanton folk.
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So, when they angered Us, We punished them and
drowned them every one.
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And We made them a thing past, and an example
for those after (them).
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And when the son of Mary is quoted as an
example, behold! the folk laugh out,
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And say: Are our gods better, or is he ? They
raise not the objection save for argument. Nay! but they are a contentious
folk.
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He is nothing but a slave on whom We bestowed
favour, and We made him a pattern for the Children of
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And had We willed We could have set among you
angels to be viceroys in the earth.