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Translation of page 166

1. 7:131

   But when good [i.e., provision] came to them, they said, "This is ours [by right]." And if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allāh, but most of them do not know.

2. 7:132

   And they said, "No matter what sign you bring us with which to bewitch us, we will not be believers in you."

3. 7:133

   So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

4. 7:134

   And when the punishment descended upon them, they said, "O Moses, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. If you [can] remove the punishment from us, we will surely believe you, and we will send with you the Children of Israel."

5. 7:135

   But when We removed the punishment from them until a term which they were to reach, then at once they broke their word.

6. 7:136

   So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

7. 7:137

   And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word [i.e., decree] of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.