These towns—We narrate to you some of their tales. Their messengers came to them with the clear signs, but they would not believe in what they had rejected previously. Thus Allah seals the hearts of the disbelievers.
We found most of them untrue to their covenants; We found most of them corrupt.
Then, after them, We sent Moses with Our miracles to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they denounced them. So consider the end of the evildoers.
Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds."
"It is only proper that I should not say about Allah anything other than the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with me."
He said, "If you brought a miracle, then present it, if you are truthful."
So he threw his staff, and it was an apparent serpent.
And He pulled out his hand, and it was white to the onlookers.
The notables among Pharaoh's people said, "This is really a skilled magician."
"He wants to evict you from your land, so what do you recommend?"
