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Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 132

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وَقَالُوا۟ مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِۦ مِنْ ءَايَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿132﴾
They said [to Mûsâ (Moses)]: "Whatever Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) you may bring to us, to work therewith your sorcery on us, we shall never believe in you."
وَقَالُوا۟ waqālū And they said
مَهْمَا mahmā Whatever
تَأْتِنَا tatinā you bring us
بِهِۦ bihi therewith
مِنْ min of
ءَايَةٍۢ āyatin (the) sign
لِّتَسْحَرَنَا litasḥaranā so that you bewitch us
بِهَا bihā with it
فَمَا famā then not
نَحْنُ naḥnu we
لَكَ laka (will be) in you
بِمُؤْمِنِينَ bimu'minīna believers

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(Ayah 132) {وَ قَالُوْا مَهْمَا تَاْتِنَا بِهٖ … :} In the above verse, their ignorance was mentioned that instead of attributing events to the decree and destiny of Allah Almighty, they attribute them to other causes. Now in this verse, their second ignorance is mentioned that even after seeing so many signs, the wretched people of Pharaoh continued to call Musa (peace be upon him) a magician, and they never accepted the difference between miracles and magic until the end. Rather, due to their rebellion and stubbornness, they finally declared categorically that whatever miracle you (Musa, peace be upon him) show, we will consider it only as your magic and will never believe in you, even though they were certain of the truth of these miracles. See Surah An-Naml (13, 14).

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132. 1 This is the manifestation of disbelief and denial in which they were involved, and even now they consider or make others consider the miracles and signs of Allah as magic.

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They said to Moses, "No matter what sign you bring to us to bewitch us, we will never believe you." [128]

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