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20:95 [Moses] said, "And what is your case, O Samiri?" | 20:95 [Moses] said, "And what is your case, O Samiri?" | ||
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=== Did Moses's speech impediment get fixed? === | |||
God showed Moses a magical fire that did not burn out, and informs him of his prophethood. Then commanded him to go to Pharaoh with his signs in the hope that he may be warned and fear God. Moses agreed but complained that he couldn’t speak clearly, and he asked God to cure him of it, and to open his breast and make the task easy/easier: | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|20|24-28}}|...“Go thou to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds.” “( Moses) said: ‘O, my Lord! Expand me my breast,” ease my task for me, <b>and remove the impediment from my speech, so they may understand what I say.”</b> “( Allah) said: ‘Granted is thy prayer, O Moses!’”...}} | |||
Here God seems to respond to his prayer instantly (the verses in between 20:29-20:35 are part of the same narrative so the order is linear): | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|20|36}}|<b>...Allah responded, “All that you requested has been granted, O Moses!... </b>}} | |||
However when he actually gets to Pharoah, he (Pharoah) states that he still cannot express himself clearly: | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|43|52}}|“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? Am I not better than this (Moses), who is a contemptible wretch, <b>and can scarcely express himself clearly?’”</b>}} | |||
===The destruction of Thamud=== | ===The destruction of Thamud=== | ||