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qālū ʾin hādhāni la-sāḥirāni yurīdāni ʾan yukhrijākum min ʾarḍikum bi-siḥrihimā wa-yadhhabā bi-ṭarīqatikumu l-muthlā
They said, ‘These two are indeed magicians who intend to expel you from your land with their magic, and to abolish your excellent tradition!
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Ta Ha – Verses 63 - 64
63. “They said: ‘These two are certainly two sorcerers who intend to drive you out from your land by their sorcery and wipe out your superior way.”
64. “Therefore gather your plan (fully); then come in (an orderly) line, and whoever today is uppermost will be indeed successful.”
Authorities and rulers have an important function in the convictions of people. In the same manner that Pharaoh told Moses that he had come to them to drive them out of their land with his magic,4his adherents, too, declared the same thing in this verse about Aaron and Moses. The verse says:
Therefore, the sorcerers were told that they should not fear to combat with those two, because these were the most outstanding and the greatest magicians of that large country. Another matter that the sorcerers were told was that the two wanted to drive them out from their land by their sorcery, the land which was very dear for them as their souls, to which they belonged and it belonged to them. The verse says:
Moreover, they added that those two did not suffice to drive them out from their country, but they wanted to play with their sacred things and to vanish their superior school and rightful religion. The verse continues saying:
Then, the sorcerers were recommended that they would never doubt in coming united into the scene of struggle and in one row, and:
The reason and secret of the victory in that significant combat was stated for them that it was in their unity. And, finally, the success and prosperity would be of that group on that day that could prove its superiority over the opposite group. The verse continues saying:
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