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PT. 30 AN-NAZIAT 17. "When his Lord called him in the holy Valley of Ṭuwā, saying, 18. Go thou to Pharaoh; he has rebelled. 19. And say to him, "Wouldst thou like to be purified? 20. And I will guide thee to thy Lord so that thou mayest fear Him. " و 21. So he showed him the great Sign,4562 22. But he rejected him and disobeyed. 23. Then he turned away from Moses, striving against him. 24. And he gathered his people and proclaimed, 25. Saying, “I am your Lord, the Most High. ' ,d 26. So Allah seized him with the punishment of the Hereafter and the present world. 4563 CH. 79 إِذْ نَادُهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى اذْهَبْ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَى فَقُلْ هَلْ نَّكَ إِلَى أَنْ تَزَكَّى وَاهْدِيَكَ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشُى فَآرِيهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرُى فَكَذَّبَ وَعَلَى ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعُى فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَى فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَى فَاَخَذَهُ اللهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولى "19:53; 20:12-13; 28:31. 20:44. 20:57. 426:30; 28:39. 4562. Commentary: | people he was told to strike the rock with his rod (2:61). The sign of the white hand was shown only after the sign of the rod (20:23). 4563. Commentary: "The great Sign" was the sign of the rod, which had precedence over all other signs of Moses (20:21). When confronted with the magic of the | magicians it was his rod that The basic doctrine of Islam (in fact swallowed that which the magicians of all religions), second in importance had wrought (20:70). When Moses | only to belief in the existence of God, had to cross the sea he was enjoined is belief in life after death. The to strike the sea with his rod (26:64); | primary mission of all Divine and when he prayed for water for his Prophets was to instil this belief in 3305