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Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is well up."
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So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came (back).
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Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement:
the forger must suffer frustration!"
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So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret.
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They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive you out from your land with their magic,
and to do away with your most cherished institutions.
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"Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried) ranks: He wins (all along) today who gains the upper
hand."
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They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw."
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He said, "Nay, throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic -
began to be in lively motion!
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