(Remember) when Musa said to his family, "I have noticed a fire. I shall bring to you some news from it, or bring to you a live ember, so that you may warm yourselves."

So when he came to it, he was called: 'Blessed is the one who is in the fire and the one who is around it. And pure is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

O Musa, the fact is that I am Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.

And cast your staff down." So when he saw it moving, as if it was a snake, he retreated, turning his back and did not look behind. "0 Musa be not scared. I am such that the messengers are not scared before Me,

except him who did wrong, then after (having done) evil, replaced (it) with good, then I am Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful.

And put your hand into your bosom, and it will come out white, without any evil, as one of the nine signs (sent) to the Pharaoh and his people. Surely they have been a sinful people.

So when Our signs came to them as an eye-opener, they said, "This is a clear magic."

And they denied them out of sheer injustice and arrogance, though their hearts believed them (to be true). See, then, how was the fate of the mischief-makers.

And surely We gave knowledge to Dawud and Sulaimn. And they said, "Praise belongs to Allah who made us excel many of His believing slaves.

And Sulaiman inherited (the traits of) Dawud and said, "0 people we have been taught the speech of birds and we have been given of everything. Indeed, this is the evident grace (of Allah)."