Surah 10:77
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ثُمَّ بَعَثۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِم مُّوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا مُّجۡرِمِينَ
Then, after them, We raised up Moses and Aaron for Pharaoh and his assembly with Our signs, but they became arrogant and were a sinful people.
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِنۡ عِندِنَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٞ
When the truth came to them from Us, they said, ‘Surely this is clear magic indeed.’
قَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَتَقُولُونَ لِلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَكُمۡۖ أَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَا وَلَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلسَّـٰحِرُونَ
Moses said, ‘Do you say (this) about the truth, when it has come to you? Is this magic? Yet magicians do not prosper.’
قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا لِتَلۡفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا ٱلۡكِبۡرِيَآءُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا نَحۡنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ
They said, ‘Have you come to us in order to turn us away from what we found our fathers doing, and (in order that) you two (might) have greatness on the earth? We do not believe in you two.’
Allah said: {Then after them We sent} meaning after these Messengers, {Musa and Harun to Fir'awn and his chiefs,} meaning his people {with Our Ayat.} meaning; 'Our proofs and evidences.' {But they behaved arrogantly, and were a people who were criminals.} meaning they were too arrogant to follow the truth and submit to it, and they were criminals. {So, when came to them the truth from us, they said: "This is indeed clear magic."} They were as if they gave an oath that what they had said was the truth. But they knew that what they were saying was a mere lie. As Allah said: {And they belied them wrongfully and arrogantly, though they themselves were convinced thereof.} [27:14]. Musa criticized them saying: {"Say you (this) about the truth when it has come to you? Is this magic? But the magicians will never be successful." They said: "Have you come to us to turn us away...} {from that we found our fathers following} their religion. {and that you two may have...} greatness means grandeur and leadership {...in the land, We are not going to believe you two!"}