But when good (times) came, they said, "This is due to us;" When gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens
connected with Moses and those with him! Behold! in truth the omens of evil are theirs in Allah's sight, but most of
them do not understand!
7:132
They said (to Moses): "Whatever be the Signs thou bringest, to work therewith thy sorcery on us, we shall never
believe in thee.
7:133
So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale death, Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but
they were steeped in arrogance,- a people given to sin.
7:134
Every time the penalty fell on them, they said: "O Moses! on your behalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise to
thee: If thou wilt remove the penalty from us, we shall truly believe in thee, and we shall send away the Children of
Israel with thee."
7:135
But every time We removed the penalty from them according to a fixed term which they had to fulfil,- Behold! they
broke their word!
7:136
So We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them in the sea, because they rejected Our Signs and failed to
take warning from them.
7:137
And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account), inheritors of lands in both east and west, - lands
whereon We sent down Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because
they had patience and constancy, and We levelled to the ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh and
his people erected (with such pride).
7:138
We took the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea. They came upon a people devoted entirely to some idols
