An-Naml 27:13

<h2>The Story of Musa and the End of Fir`awn</h2><p>Here Allah tells His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ about what happened to Musa, peace be upon him, how Allah chose him, spoke with him and gave him mighty, dazzling signs and overwhelming proof, and sent him to Fir`awn and his people, but they denied the proof, disbelieved in him and arrogantly refused to follow him. Allah says:</p><p>إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لاًّهْلِهِ</p><p>(when Musa said to his household), meaning, remember when Musa was traveling with his family and lost his way. This was at night, in the dark. Musa had seen a fire beside the mountain, i.e., he had noticed a fire burning brightly, and said,</p><p>لاًّهْلِهِ إِنِّى آنَسْتُ نَاراً سَـَاتِيكُمْ مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ</p><p>(to his household: "Verily, I have seen a fire; I will bring you from there some information...") meaning, `about the way we should take.'</p><p>أَوْ ءَاتِيكُمْ بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ</p><p>(or I will bring you a burning ember, that you may warm yourselves.) meaning, so that they could keep warm. And it was as he said: "He came back with great news, and a great light." Allah says:</p><p>فَلَمَّا جَآءَهَا نُودِىَ أَن بُورِكَ مَن فِى النَّارِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا</p><p>(But when he came to it, he was called: "Blessed is …

But when Our tokens came unto them, plain to see, they said: This is mere magic,

But when Our Signs came to them, that should have opened their eyes, they said: "This is sorcery manifest!"

But when Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) came to them, clear to see, they said: "This is a manifest magic."

Yet when Our enlightening signs came to them, they said, “This is obvious witchcraft.”