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daunted at this, but God commanded him to cast his staff too. This likewise turned into a serpent, but one larger than all the rest, which devoured all the creatures which the magicians had contrived to summon into existence. When the magicians saw the effects of Moses’ power, they realized that it had nothing to do with magic, but was a matter of divine truth. What was evidently a miracle had given them a glimpse of the very face of the Almighty, and they expressed their belief in Him there and then. The Pharaoh was, of course, humiliated; and he felt so furious at this unforeseen development that he ordered the magicians’ hands and feet to be amputated from opposite sides, after which they were to be tied to the trunks of palm trees and crucified. When the magicians heard this sentence—the severest in the land—they did not, as the Pharaoh might have hoped, renounce their new-found beliefs. They said to the Pharaoh: “We cannot prefer you to the clear signs which have come to us.” (20: 72) To the eternal credit of the magicians, they preferred truth to power; proofs to personality. Even when threatened with the direst of punishments, they saw the folly of putting mere mortals before Eternal God. o When the magicians saw the effects of Moses’ power, they realized that it had nothing to do with magic, but was a matter of divine truth. Please The true face of Islam through CPS—Peaceful & Spiritual Our vernacular websites' domain names have been changed to: www.cpsmarathi.com www.cpstamil.com www.cpskannada.com www.cpsmalayalam.com ATTENTION