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Fir'awn calls his Magicians
Fir'awn decided to combat Musa.He gave the command
for the magicians of the city,
all of whom were famous and
very accomplished, to be gathered.Fir'awn told the magicians that
if they were successful he
would give them great rewards and
grant them position
among the favored at his court.The appointed day came.All the
people of the city had
gathered to see who would win the
contest.The magicians
entered the arena with all their
equipment, as Musa entered
with his staff.The people formed
an enormous crowd around
the edges of the arena.Fir'awn,
too, was sitting in a special
place surrounded by his followers.The magicians asked Musa if he
would start the contest
or should they.Begin", commanded Musa.Everybody was looking on, Fir'awn
among them...The magicians threw their sticks
and ropes on the
ground and they began to move about.The people thought
that the arena was full of crawling
snakes.Then Musa received the Divine command
not to fear the
magic of the magicians and to throw
his staff to the ground,
and that the magicians had deceived
the people with their
magic, and that the deceivers are
never successful.Musa threw his staff to the ground.The people gave a great cry and
began to flee.Some
closed their eyes so as not to
see what Musa's staff had
become and where it was going and
what it was doing.Musa's staff had again become a
great, ferocious snake
that was speedily devouring the
ropes and rods that the
magicians had thrown on the ground.Finally, Musa put out
his hand, clutched the snake and
it became a staff once more.Musa leaned on it.More than everyone else the magicians
realized that
what Musa had done was not magic,
and that it was a sign of
the Power of the Almighty God.They immediately believed
in Musa and fell down in prostration,
thanking God for
having guided them.They were saying:
"We believe in the Lord and Exalter
of the worlds and of
their inhabitants,
"We believe in the God of Musa
and Harun."Fir'awn was livid."How dare you
believe in Musa's
God!" he screamed at them in rage."I didn't give you
permission to do so.Now I will
have you nailed to a door.""We have found the truth", said
the magicians, "and we
have realized that Musa (A.S.) is the Prophets sent by God
the Creator of the world, and we
believe in them and we have
been freed from servility to you.Now we are not afraid of
being killed.Do whatever you want,
for we are not afraid of
death.You can only end our worldly
lives, and you have no
power over our lives in the Hereafter.After our deaths we will
be in the world of the Hereafter
where we will be blessed with
the gifts of our Lord.And in the
Hereafter God will give us
the rewards."
How Must a Guide Be?
This boy has lost his way home.To whom do you entrust
him?
Who can guide him and take him
home?
Can someone take him home who doesn't
know the
way?
Would you trust a dishonest and
untrustworthy person?
Would you entrust this child to
such a person?...Why not?
Would you choose someone to guide
him who doesn't
know the way to the child's home
or who makes mistakes in
showing the way?...Why not?
So, a guide must:
Know the way correctly,
Be honest and trustworthy,
and make no mistakes in guiding.A prophet is a trustworthy and
honest person whom
God has chosen to guide the people,
to whom God has taught
the path of life in this world
and in the Hereafter, and to
whom God has entrusted the leadership
of humanity.
How Must a Prophet Be?
When you want to send a "verbal
message" to a friend,
what do you do?
To whom do you relate the message
so that it receives
your friend?
Would you choose a liar and dishonest
person to carry
your message9Why not?
How about a person who forgets
and makes mistakes?
Why not?
So, who would you choose to deliver
the message?
Yes, the deliverer of the message
must be truthful and
honest, must not forget the message,
and, in hearing and
delivering it, mustn't make any
mistakes.God, too, chooses a truthful and
honest person to
deliver His message, and relates
His message to him.The
Prophet correctly receives God's
message and delivers it to
the people perfectly and correctly.
Awareness and Vision: the Secret
of Being Disgusted by Sins.
Dirty clothes have been washed
in this tub.Who is ready to drink some of the
dirty water in this tub?
If an amount of it was given to
a blind and uninformed
person, is it possible that he
would drink it?
But how about a person who sees
and is informed?
If a person sees the dirt in the
water and perceives its
harm fullness, would he drink it?
Right, every seeing and aware person
who sees the
ugliness and foulness of a thing
will not associate himself with
it; rather, he will hate it and
be disgusted by it.Likewise, Prophets are disgusted
by sins and never
commit them because they see the
ugliness and foulness of
sin.This vision and awareness
has been given to them by
God.
