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فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا إِنَّ هَذَا لَسِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ

76. “So when the truth came to them from Us, they said: ‘Verily, this is a manifest sorcery.’”

The Essence of Allah, the prophets, the divine laws, miracles and whatever is attributed to Him are all true and real. People do not always go after the truth. The adherents of the truth must sometimes go after the people. The Prophets entertain a direct link with the Lord and their miracles as well as their program have their origins in the Divine nature. However, accusing someone to be a magician is the shrewdest, simplest and the most prevalent of the accusations leveled against the prophets. It is for this reason that Moses (as) was personally accused of being a sorcerer.

The verse says:

“So when the truth came to them from Us, they said: ‘Verily, this is a manifest sorcery.’”