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On the appointed day all the magi-
cians gathered at the palace of the
king. When
Nabi
Musa [a] and
Nabi
Harun [a] arrived the chief magician
stood up and addressed them say-
ing, "
O Musa! Will you be first or
shall we?
"
"
You first
," replied
Nabi
Musa [a].
And so the magicians, who knew of
the staff of
Nabi
Musa [a], threw
their rods and magically the ground
was covered with slithering, hissing
snakes.
Then
Nabi
Musa [a], taking his turn,
threw his staff to the ground, and
behold! It began to devour the
magician's snakes until not a single
one was left. The king's magicians,
realising that this was no magic nor
was it trickery, bowed their heads
down before
Nabi
Musa [a] and
declared their belief in Allah, the
Lord of the worlds. This was the
