He said: 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz asked me about the nine signs that Allah showed Pharaoh, and I said: The flood, the locusts, the lice, the frogs, the blood, his staff, his hand, the darkness, and the sea.'

His saying (Exalted is He): "to Pharaoh and his people"

16165 - Abu 'Abd Allah al-Tehrani informed us in what he wrote to me, Isma'il ibn 'Abd al-Karim reported to us, from 'Abd al-Samad ibn Ma'qil, he said: I heard Wahb saying: His Lord (Mighty and Majestic is He) said to him: "O Musa, draw near." He did not draw near until he braced his back against the trunk of the tree, then he steadied himself, his trembling ceased, he gathered his hands around the staff, and lowered his head and neck. Then He said to him: "I have stood you today in a station that it is not befitting for any human being after you to stand in; I have brought you near and drawn you close until you heard My speech." The remainder of the hadith is written in Surah Taha.

His saying (Exalted is He): "Indeed, they were a disobedient people"

16166 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Yahya ibn 'Abd Allah narrated to us, Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us, 'Ata' ibn Dinar narrated to me, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr regarding His saying: "disobedient," meaning: sinners.

His saying (Exalted is He): "So when Our signs came to them, visible"

16167 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas informed us, Yazid narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: "So when Our signs came to them, visible," meaning: clear.

His saying (Exalted is He): "they said, 'This is obvious magic'"

16168 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Muhammad ibn 'Isa narrated to us, Salamah narrated to us, from Ibn Ishaq regarding "This is obvious magic," meaning: there is no magician who is more magical than you.

His saying (Exalted is He): "And they denied them"

16169 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid al-Narsi informed us, Yazid narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding "And they denied them," and denial only occurs after knowledge.

16170 - 'Ubayd ibn Yahya ibn Hamzah informed us in what he wrote to me, Abu al-Jumahir narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Bashir narrated to me, from Qatadah regarding His saying: "And they denied them," he said: The people denied them, and "them" in His saying: "denied them" refers to the signs of Allah (Mighty and Majestic is He).