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and the water of the Nile became
fresh and sweet again, the king
refused to fulfill his promise. So
Allah's punishment returned; first a
plague of lice then followed clouds
of hungry locusts which settled
upon the fields and devoured all the
vegetation.
Thereafter came terrible hailstorms
and a dreadful disease which
infected all the Egyptians covering
their bodies with painful boils and
sores. Through all this horror the
Banu Isra’il were kept safe and pro-
tected.
Once again, Fir'awn and his people
were terrified and begged
Nabi
Musa [a] to pray to Allah to save
them, promising in return to believe
in him and to free the Banu Isra’il.
Thus it was that after years and
years of slavery, the Banu Isra’il at
last were allowed to go.
