"And We had certainly given Moses nine evident signs:" his hand, his staff, the flood, the locusts, the lice, the frogs, and the blood. "And We seized the people of Pharaoh with years [of famine] and a deficiency in fruits."

"So ask the Children of Israel [about] when he came to them"—He is saying this to the Prophet, peace be upon him—"Pharaoh said to him, 'Indeed, I think you, O Moses, are affected by magic.'" Muhammad [Ibn Abi Zamanin] said: Meaning, deceived, according to the interpretation of some of them.