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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].
