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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Light of the Holy Qur'an Interpretation of Sura Yusuf Commentary : Verse 76 (76) فَلَمَّا جاءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ عِنْدِنا قالُوا إِنَّ هذا لَسِحْرٌ مُبينٌ " So when the truth came to them from Us, they said: 'Verily, this is a manifest sorcery. '" Commentary : The Essence of Allah, the prophets, the divine laws, miracles and whatever is attributed to Him are all true and real. People do not always go after the truth.

The adherents of the truth must sometimes go after the people. The Prophets entertain a direct link with the Lord and their miracles as well as their program have their origins in the Divine nature. However, accusing someone to be a magician is the shrewdest, simplest and the most prevalent of the accusations leveled against the prophets. It is for this reason that Moses(a.s.)was personally accused of being a sorcerer.

Moses rejects the allegations that the Signs accompanying him were the products of sorcery, for sorcery is not like this, these were Signs of the Truth and independent investigation could vouch for that. The verse says: " Said Moses: 'Do you say(this)about the Truth when it hath actually reached you Is this sorcery ? ..." However, they did not want to submit to the Truth, even if this truth had reached them from Allah.

They claimed that the proofs that Moses brought was sorcery and simple- hearted people did not discriminate between sorcery and prophecy since both involved elements contrary to nature and habit. It was for this reason that they became confused, mixing the two which led many astray. In such a case, people must be armed with knowledge so as to be able to distinguish miracle from magic and not to be so dominated by the confusion that sorcerers cause and reject the issue of prophecy.

However this is a fact that sorcerers do not succeed. The verse says: "... But sorcerers do not prosper.