INSPITE OF ALL CLEAR SIGNS THEY BELIEVED NOT! (VERSE NO. 101 - 104)

      Here the reference goes back to the past nations who did the same that was done to our prophet Mohammad (AS). As an instance Moses went to Pharaoh with nine clear signs, but eventually Pharaoh said to Moses:ِ

      ``O, Moses! I think of you to have been fascinated!''

      Pharaoh and his chief accused Moses to have been well versed in sorcery and magic. They also called him to be mad! But Moses tried to convince them that he was brought up in Pharaoh's court in all the learning of the Egyptians. How then could he be mad, and when did he learn Egyptian magic inspite of being under the strict observance of Pharaoh's courtiers. On the other hand, what he showed as his nine miracles was far beyond the realm of magic and magician. What has magic to do with divine miracles!?

      He therefore warned Pharaoh not to resist faith in God, or he would be doomed to perdition.

 

WHAT WERE THE 9 MIRACLES OF MOSES?

      The said nine miracles that Moses showed to Pharaoh and his people were as follows, according to QURÄN and the BIBLE:ِ

1ِ THE SNAKE

      It is written in the QURÄNِS 20:10ِ21, that when Moses went towards the sacred flame in the bush, he heard the word of God. Allah said to him:ِ

      ``What is that in your right hand, O, Moses!?'' ``It is my stick'' answered Moses. ``On it I lean, with it I beat down fodder for my flocks, and in it I find other uses.''

      Allah said to Moses:ِ ``Cast it down'', and when he cast it down; LO! It became a huge snake, active and in motion! Allah said:, ``Seize it and fear not, for We shall return it to its former condition.''

 

      So do we read in the BIBLE, in EXODUSِ3ِ4:ِ

      ``The Lord said to Moses:ِ ``What are you holding in your hand?''

      ``This is my stick my Lord.'' answered Moses. The Lord said:ِ ``Throw it on the ground.'' When Moses threw the stick on the ground, it turned into a snake, and Moses ran away from it! Then the Lord said:ِ ``Don't be afraid. Bend down and pick it up from the tail.'' So did Moses; and the snake became a stick again!

 

2ِ THE WHITE SHINING HAND

      The second of the greater miracles shown to Moses was the WHITE SHINING HAND, which in the QURÄN S 20:22 is:ِ

      ``The Lord said to Moses, ``Now put your hand in your arm-pit. It shall come out shining and white without any harm or disease!''

      So do we read in the BIBLEِEXODUS 3ِ4

      ``Once again YAHOVAH spoke to Moses and said; put your hand inside your robe. Moses did so, and when he took his hand out, it was covered with white spots like snow!

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      In Qurän S 7:13 five of the miracles are pointed to as follows:ِ

      ``And we sent against them, typhoon, locusts, lice, frogs and blood: Signs of self-explanatory, but they reacted proudly, and were a people given up to sin.''

      The storm calamity brought on them wholesale death and destruction. Innumerable locusts attacked their farms and crops. Lice in the form of fatal epidemic disease and destructive insects spoiled their product. Frogs raised out of the Nile and increased so wonderfully that endangered their life! And the Water in Nile turned to something blood-like, which could neither be used for drink, nor irrigation!

      The detail of the above miracles can be found in various passages of the Holy Qurän, and also in the BIBLE.

      The following is some quotation from the Bible, that may explain in a good detail, the incidents or miracles mentioned above:ِ

 

 

EXODUSِ 8: 17 = GNATS

      Moses struck the ground with his stick, and all the dust in Egypt was turned into gnats, which covered the people and their animals. There were gnats everywhere and the magicians told the king that God has done this. But the king was stubborn, and again did not listen to Moses!

 

EXODUS6:8= THE FROG

      God ordered Moses and he held his stick over the river, and FROGS came out in millions, and covered the land of Egypt!

      The king called Moses and said:ِ ``Pray to the Lord of Israel to take away these frogs, and I will let your people go with you.'' Then Moses prayed to the Lord to take away the frog, and the frogs died away! But again the king became stubborn and did not listen to Moses.

 

EXODUS20:7= THE BLOOD

      ....In the presence of the king Moses raised his stick and struck the surface of the river, and all the water in it was turned into BLOOD, and the fish in the river died. And the water smelt so bad that Egyptian could not drink; but still the king refused to listen to Moses and Aaron!

 

8ِ THE PASSِOVER

      The incident of the pass over in the QURÄNِS 2:50 has been written thus:ِ

      ``And when We parted the sea for you, and saved you, and drowned pharaoh's folk, while you were watching.''

      The incident of PASS-OVER and RESCUE has been mentioned through many verses in different chapters of Qurän such as S 7:136ِS 8:103ِS 42:55ِand S 44:17

      We can also read the PASS-OVER in the BIBLE as follows:ِ

 

 

EXODUSِ12:37 THE PASSOVER

      ....The Israelites set out on foot from RAMSES for SUKKOTH. They were about six hundred thousands of Man, not counting the women and children. The Israelites had lived in Egypt for 430 years.

      When Pharaoh, the king of Egypt was told that the Israelites had all gone and we have lost them as our slaves, he and his officials changed their minds, and then the king got his war chariots and armed forces to pursue and arrest the Israelites who were now leaving truimphantly, and under the protection of their Lord. When the Israelites saw the king and his forces in pursuit, they were terrified and cried out to God for help. Moses said to them:ِ

      ``Don't be afraid! The Lord is with us, stand your ground and you will see what our Lord will do to save you to-day.'' Then Moses held out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind. The sea path was turned to a dry land and the water was divided in two parts. The Israelites passed the sea with walls of water on both sides.

      When the king and his army pursued them, the Lord said to Moses hold out your hand over the sea. Moses did so and the water returned to its normal levels. All the Egyptions in pursuit were drowned, not one of them left alive!

 

9ِ MANNA & QUAIL

      The nineth miracle of Moses might have been the Manna and Quails, that was sent to the Israelites for food. About these two kind of food we read in QURÄNِS 2:57:ِ

      ``And We the cloud to overshadow you, and sent down to you Manna and Quails, and said; eat of the good things that We have provided for you....''

      Some commentators understand MANNA to be some sort of a natural honey that the Israelites could find in bulk in that extensive desert. This idea is in agreement with what some expounders of the Scripture have written. (please refer to V.1ِ P:82 of this book)

 

      As to the Quail it is said to have been a small kind of BIRD like pigeon that were found in abundance in that desert. What the BIBLE says about Manna and Quail is as follows:ِ

 

EXODUSِ16:1ِ-20 MANNA AND QUAIL

      The Lord then said to Moses: I have heard the complaint of the Israelites. Tell them that at twilight they will have meat to eat, and in the morning they will have all the bread they want.

      Moses said to the Israelites:ِ ``In this evening a large flock of Quails flew in; enough to cover the camp, and in the morning there was dew all round the camp, then when the dew evaportated, there remaind something thin and flaky on the surface of the desert.'' It was as delicate as frost. They did not know what it was. Moses said:ِ ``This is the food that Lord has given you to eat.'' The people of Israelites called the food Manna. It was like small white seed, and tasted like biscuits made with honey.