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the terrifying snake turned once
more into a staff.
"
Now see
", said Musa as he placed
his hand under his arm, by his pure
heart. As he drew it out, to every-
one's surprise, it was sparkling bril-
liantly, radiant with Divine Light.
Fir'awn and his chiefs were struck
with wonder.
"
This is magic, pure and simple!
",
the chiefs told the king. "
Musa is
using magic to snatch away your
kingdom
."
"
Let us match his magic with that of
our magicians
", advised the chiefs.
So Fir'awn issued orders to all the
magicians of the land to gather on a
certain day at his palace. He
offered them a rich reward if they
could defeat
Nabi
Musa [a].
