He said, "What about the first generations?"
He said, "Knowledge thereof is with my Lord, in a Book. My Lord never errs, nor does He forget."
He who made the earth a habitat for you; and traced in it routes for you; and sent down water from the sky, with which We produce pairs of diverse plants.
Eat and pasture your livestock. In that are signs for those with understanding.
From it We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will bring you out another time.
We showed him Our signs, all of them, but he denied and refused.
He said, "Did you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?
We will produce for you magic like it; so make an appointment between us and you, which we will not miss—neither us, nor you—in a central place."
He said, "Your appointment is the day of the festival, so let the people be gathered together at mid-morning."
Pharaoh turned away, put together his plan, and then came back.
