seekeroftruth
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Quran 26:34. He said to the dignitaries around him, “This is a skilled magician.
35. He intends to drive you out of your land with his magic, so what do you recommend?”
36. They said, “Delay him and his brother, and send recruiters to the cities.
37. To bring you every experienced magician.”
38. So the magicians were gathered for the appointment on a specified day.
39. And it was said to the people, “Are you all gathered?
40. That we may follow the magicians, if they are the winners.”
41. When the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, “Is there a reward for us, if we are the winners?”
42. He said, “Yes, and you will be among those favored.”
43. Moses said to them, “Present what you intend to present.”
44. So they threw their ropes and their sticks, and said, “By the majesty of Pharaoh, we will be the winners.”
45. Then Moses threw his staff, and behold, it began swallowing their trickery.
46. And the magicians fell down prostrating.
47. They said, “We have believed in the Lord of the Worlds.
48. The Lord of Moses and Aaron.”
49. He said, “Did you believe in Him before I have given you permission? He must be your chief, who taught you magic. You will soon know. I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you all.”
50. They said, “No problem. To our Lord we will return.
51. We are eager for our Lord to forgive us our sins, since we are the first of the believers.”
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It would be easier to understand these verses if "He" and "They" were identified.
Apparently they had a "serpent off". Pharaoh sent for all the magicians in Egypt. They were to make a fool of Moses and his staff.
They threw down their ropes and staffs.... but the staff of Moses considered the snakes produced by the ropes and magician staffs to be a monster buffet.
We all know how a magician holds the secrets to the tricks close to the vest.... but they all must have looked up at Moses and say "How'd you do that?"
Of course they all wanted to be trained by Moses or whoever trained him.
Pharaoh was a little pissed. He threatened to cut off their hands and feet on opposite sides and then crucify them. The Magicians just waived him off.... "No problem" they said. They were so amazed by what Moses did with his staff... they were probably still salivating for just a chance to touch it.
