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 Moses said: They said:

And Pharaoh said: And when the magicians arrived, Moses said to them, And when they had cast them down, Moses said, “Verily, God will render vain the sorceries which ye have brought to pass: God prospereth not the work of the evildoers. And by his words will God verify the Truth, though the impious be averse to it. And none believed on Moses but a race among his own people, through fear of Pharaoh and his nobles, lest he should afflict them: For of a truth mighty was Pharaoh in the land, and one who committed excesses. And Moses said: And they said: “In God put we our trust. O our Lord! abandon us not to trial from that unjust people, And deliver us by thy mercy from the unbelieving people.” Then thus revealed we to Moses and to his brother: And Moses said: He said:

And we led the children of Israel through the sea; and Pharaoh and his hosts followed them in eager and hostile sort until, when the drowning overtook him, he said, said God: “but thou hast been rebellious hitherto, and wast one of the wicked doers. But this day will we rescue thee with thy body that thou