Allah states that at that tremendous moment, in which Allah differentiated
between Truth and Falsehood, He sent a revelation to His servant and Messenger
Musa, peace be upon him, ordering him to throw the stick that he held in his
right hand,
[فَإِذَا هِىَ
تَلْقَفُ]
(It swallowed straight away) and devoured,
[مَا
يَأْفِكُونَ]
(all the falsehood which they showed.) the magic that they caused the
illusion with, of magic with which they caused making it appear real, whereas it
was not real at all. Ibn `Abbas said that Musa's stick swallowed all the ropes
and sticks that the magicians threw. The magicians realized that this was from
heaven and was by no means magic. They fell in prostration and proclaimed,
[قَالُواْ ءَامَنَّا
بِرَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ - رَبِّ مُوسَى وَهَـرُونَ ]
("We believe in the Lord of all that exists. The Lord of Musa and Harun ).
Muhammad bin Ishaq commented, "It followed the ropes and sticks one after
another, until nothing that the sorcerers threw remained. Musa then held it in
his hand, and it became a stick again just as it was before. The magicians fell
in prostration and proclaimed, `We believe in the Lord of all that exists, the
Lord of Musa and Harun. Had Musa been a magician, he would not have prevailed
over us. ''' Al-Qasim bin Abi Bazzah commented, "Allah revealed to Musa to throw
his stick. When he threw his stick, it became a huge, manifest snake that opened
its mouth and swallowed the magicians' ropes and sticks. On that, the magicians
fell in prostration. They did not raise their heads before seeing the Paradise,
the Fire, and the recompense of their inhabitants.''
[قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ
ءَامَنتُمْ بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّ هَـذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ
فِى الْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُواْ مِنْهَآ أَهْلَهَا فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ -
لأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِّنْ خِلاَفٍ ثُمَّ لأصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ
أَجْمَعِينَ - قَالُواْ إِنَّآ إِلَى رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ - وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّآ
إِلاَ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِـَايَـتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَآءَتْنَا رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ
عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ ]
(123. Fir`awn said: "You have believed in him [Musa] before I gave you
permission. Surely, this is a plot which you have plotted in the city to drive
out its people, but you shall come to know.'') (124. "Surely, I will cut off
your hands and your feet from opposite sides, then I will crucify you all.'')
(125. They said: "Verily, we are returning to our Lord.'') (126. "And you take
vengeance on us only because we believed in the Ayat of our Lord when they
reached us! Our Lord! pour out on us patience, and cause us to die as
Muslims.'')
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