فَأُلْقِىَ السَّحَرَةُ سُجَّداً قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَارُونَ وَمُوسَى(( 70 ))

70- (MOSES CAST DOWN HIS ROD. IT BECAME A HUGE SERPENT AND SWALLOWED WHATEVER THEY HAD FABRICATED)

      THEN THE MAGICIANS PROSTRATED THEMSELVES, SAYING:ِ ``WE BELIEVED IN THE LORD OF AARON AND MOSES.''

قَالَ آمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَکُمْ إِنَّهُ لَکَبِیرُکُمُ الَّذِى عَلَّمَکُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلاَُ قَطِّعَنَّ أَیْدِیَکُمْ وَأَرْجُلَکُمْ مِنْ خِلاَف وَلاَُصَلِّبَنَّکُمْ فِى جُذُوعِ النَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَیُّنَا أَشَدُّ عَذَاباً وَأَبْقَى(( 71 ))

71- (PHARAOH) SAID; ``YOU BELIEVED HIM BEFORE I GIVE YOU PERMISSION!? HE IS YOUR MASTER WHO HAS TAUGHT YOU SORCERY. SO I WILL CUT YOUR HANDS AND FEET ON ALTERNATE SIDES, AND I WILL CRUCIFY YOU UPON THE TRUNKS OF PALM-TREES, THAT YOU MAY KNOW WHICH OF US IS MORE SEVERE IN PUNISHMENT AND MORE LASTING!''

قَالُوا لَنْ نُّؤْثِرَکَ عَلَى مَا جَاءَنَا مِنَ الْبَیِّنَاتِ وَالَّذِى فَطَرَنَا فَاقْضِ مَا أَنْتَ قَاض إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَذِهِ الْحَیَاةَ الدُّنْیَ(( 72 ))

72- THEY SAID:ِ ``WE SHALL NEVER PREFER YOU OVER WHAT HAS COME TO US OF CLEAR SIGNS, AND OVER HE WHO CREATED US. SO JUDGE WHATEVER YOU ARE TO JUDGE, (DO YOUR WORST) THAT YOU CAN JUDGE ONLY IN THIS LOWER WORLD.''

إِنَّا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِیَغْفِرَ لَنَا خَطَایَانَا وَمَا أَکْرَهْتَنَا عَلَیْهِ مِنَ السِّحْرِ وَاللهُ خَیْرٌ وَأَبْقَى(( 73 ))

73- WE HAVE BELIEVED IN OUR LORD, THAT HE MAY FORGIVE US OUR FAULTS, AND THE SORCERY TO WHICH YOU COMPELLED US, AND ALLAH IS THE BEST AND EVERLASTING.

إِنَّهُ مَنْ یَأْتِ رَبَّهُ مُجْرِماً فَإِنَّ لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ لاَ یَمُوتُ فِیهَا وَلاَ یَحْیى(( 74 ))

74- VERILY HE WHO COMES TO HIS LORD AS A SINNER, THEN FOR HIM IS (WAITING) THE HELL, WHEREIN HE SHALL NEITHER DIE NOR LIVE!

وَمَنْ یَأْتِهِ مُؤْمِناً قَدْ عَمِلَ الصَّالِحَاتِ فَأُوْلَئِکَ لَهُمُ الدَّرَجَاتُ الْعُلَى(( 75 ))

75- AND HE WHO COMES TO HIM A BELIEVER, HAVING DONE RIGHTEOUS DEEDS, THEN THERE ARE HIGH GRADES FOR THEM.

جَنَّاتُ عَدْن تَجْرِى مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الاَْنْهَارُ خَالِدِینَ فِیهَا وَذَلِکَ جَزَاءُ مَنْ تَزَکَّى(( 76 ))

76- GARDENS OF ETERNITY, BENEATH WHICH STREAMS FLOW, THEREIN THEY SHALL ABIDE FOR EVER, AND THAT IS THE REWARD OF HE WHO PURIFIES (HIMSELF).