thousand magicians, and they cast seventy thousand ropes and seventy thousand staves, until it appeared to him, due to their magic, that they were moving. For this reason, the Almighty said: "And they produced a great magic." (Tafsir Ibn Kathir: 2/237).

1536: 8807: They lie (yukadhdhibun): 1: Tafsir Mujahid: (1/242).

: 8809: Abased (saghirin): 2: Al-Qurtubi said regarding the saying of the Almighty: "They were returned abased," meaning: The people of Pharaoh and Pharaoh himself were returned, humiliated, subdued, and defeated. As for the magicians, they had believed.

1537: 8815: Pharaoh (Fir'awn): 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (2/238).

1538: 8818: And your gods (wa-alihatak): 1: Al-Qurtubi said in the interpretation of the saying of the Almighty: "And forsake you and your gods," Al-Hasan said: Pharaoh used to worship idols, so he was worshipping and being worshipped. Sulayman al-Taymi said: It has reached me that Pharaoh used to worship cows. Al-Taymi said: I asked Al-Hasan, "Did Pharaoh worship something?" He replied: "Yes, he used to worship something that he had placed around his neck."

: 8819: Muslims (muslimin): 2: Al-Qurtubi said in the interpretation of the saying of the Almighty: "Our Lord, pour upon us patience and let us die as Muslims." Al-ifragh means: pouring, meaning: pour it upon us at the time of cutting and crucifixion.

: 8823: The cows (al-baqar): 3: See: The previous footnote.

1539: 8826: Patience (al-sabr): 1: Narrated by Ahmad (4/260, 5/363, 365, 370, 372), Ithaf (4/187, 9/15, 152), al-Manthur (1/12), Ibn Kathir (1/123), and al-Mughni 'an Haml al-Asfar (1/231).

: 8829: The earth (al-ard): 2: Al-Fath: (4/418).