48 Preface وَما نُريهِم مِن آيَةٍ إِلّا هِيَ أَكبَرُ مِن أُختِها ۖ وَأَخَذناهُم بِالعَذابِ لَعَلَّهُم يَرجِعونَYusuf AliWe showed them Sign1 after Sign, each greater than its fellow, and We seized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (to Us).Moses showed them nine Clear Signs: see n. 1091 to 7:133; also 17:101. Each one of them in its own setting and circumstances was greater than any of its “sister” Signs. The object was if possible to reclaim as many Egyptians as possible from their defiance of God.