(43:46) And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds." (43:47) But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them. (43:48) And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith]. (43:49) And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided." (43:50) But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word. (43:51) And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see? (43:52) Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?
