(46–56) “Indeed, We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs.” To the end of the account. (1)

After Allah Most High said, “Ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before you: Did We ever appoint gods besides the Most Compassionate to be worshipped?” He described Moses and his call, which is among the best known of all the messengers’ calls and is frequently mentioned by Allah Most High in His Book. He therefore recounted Moses’s dealings with Pharaoh, saying: “Indeed, We sent Moses with Our signs,” which conclusively demonstrated the truth of what he brought, such as the staff, the serpent, and the sending of locusts and lice, among the other signs.

“To Pharaoh and his chiefs, and he said, ‘I am a messenger from the Lord of all worlds.’” Thus, he called upon them to acknowledge their Lord and forbade them to worship anything besides Him.

“But when he came to them with Our signs, they laughed at them.” That is, they rejected and denied them, mocking them out of injustice and arrogance. This was not because the signs were deficient or unclear. Allah therefore said: