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| 36. And when Moses came to them with Our clear Signs, they said, `This is nothing but a forged sorcery, and we never heard the like of this among our forefathers.' 37. Moses said, `My Lord knows best who it is that has brought guidance from HIM, and whose will be the reward of the final abode. Verily, the wrongdoers never prosper. 38. And Pharaoh said, `O chiefs, I know of no god for you other than myself; so burn me bricks of clay, O Haman, and build me a tower, that I may, by climbing it, have a look at the God of Moses, for I think that he is a liar.' 39. And he and his hosts behaved arrogantly in the land without justification. And they thought that they would never be brought back to US. 40. So WE seized him and his hosts and cast them into the sea. See, then, how evil was the end of the wrongdoers ! 41. And WE made them leaders who called people unto the Fire; and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped. 42. And WE caused them to be followed by a curse in this world; and on the Day of Resurrection they will be among those deprived of all good. 43. And WE gave Moses the Book, after WE had destroyed the earlier generations, as a source of enlightenment for men, and a guidance and a mercy, that they might reflect. |
