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But whencame to themthe goodthey saidFor usﱆﱇ(is) thisAnd ifafflicts thembadthey ascribe evil omensto Musaand whoﱎﱏ(were) with himBeholdOnlytheir evil omens(are) withAllahbutmost of them(do) notknow(131)

In times of prosperity, they said, “This is what we deserve,” but in adversity, they blamed it on Moses and those with him.1 Surely all is destined by Allah. Yet most of them did not know.

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And they saidWhateveryou bring ustherewithof(the) signso that you bewitch uswith itthen notwe(will be) in youbelievers(132)

They said, “No matter what sign you may bring to deceive us, we will never believe in you.”

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So We senton themthe floodand the locustsand the liceand the frogsand the blood(as) signsmanifestbut they showed arroganceand they werea peoplecriminal(133)

So We plagued them with floods, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood—all as clear signs, but they persisted in arrogance and were a wicked people.

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And whenfellon themthe punishmentthey saidO MusaInvokefor usyour Lordby whatﱿHe has promisedﲀﲁto youIfyou removefrom usthe punishmentsurely, we will believe[for] youand surely, we will sendwith you(the) Children(of) Israel(134)

When tormented, they pleaded, “O Moses! Pray to your Lord on our behalf, by virtue of the covenant He made with you. If you help remove this torment from us, we will certainly believe in you and let the Children of Israel go with you.”

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But whenWe removedfrom themthe punishmenttilla (fixed) term(which) theywere to reach [it]thentheybroke (the word)(135)

But as soon as We removed the torment from them—until they met their inevitable fate1—they broke their promise.

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So We took retributionfrom themand We drowned theminthe seabecause theydeniedOur Signsand they wereto themheedless(136)

So We inflicted punishment upon them, drowning them in the sea for denying Our signs and being heedless of them.

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And We made inheritorsthe peoplethose whowereconsidered weak (the) eastern (parts)(of) the landand the western (parts) of itwhichWe blessedﲯﲰ[in it]And was fulfilled(the) word(of) your Lord the bestfor(the) Children(of) Israelbecauseﲹﲺthey were patientAnd We destroyedwhatused tomakeﲿFiraunand his peopleand whatthey used toerect(137)

And ˹so˺ We made the oppressed people successors of the eastern and western lands, which We had showered with blessings. ˹In this way˺ the noble Word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel for what they had endured. And We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people constructed and what they established.