49* And they said, "O thou sorcerer! Invoke thy Lord for us according to His covenant with thee; for we shall truly accept guidance."  
| |50* But when We removed the Chastisement from them, behold, they broke their word.  
| |51* And Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying: "O my people! Does not the dominion of Egypt belong to me, (witness) these streams flowing underneath my (palace)? What! see ye not then?  
| |52* "Am I not better than this (Moses), who is a contemptible wretch and can scarcely express himself clearly?  
| |53* "Then why are not gold bracelets bestowed on him, or (why) come (not) with him angels accompanying him in procession?"  
| |54* Thus did he make fools of his people, and they obeyed him: truly were they a people rebellious (against Allah).  
| |55* When at length they provoked Us, We exacted retribution from them, and We drowned them all.  
| |56* And We made them (a people) of the Past and an Example to later ages.  
| |57* When (Jesus) the son of Mary is held up as an example, behold, thy people raise a clamor thereat (in ridicule)!  
| |58* And they say, "Are our gods best, or he?" This they set forth to thee, only by way of disputation: yea, they are a contentious people.  
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