After taking a promise from them, Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم made Du’a, thus, this punishment was also removed after seven days and another month passed peacefully. However, they broke their promise again and returned to their disbelief.

Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم made Du’a again. Consequently, the wells, the streams, the springs and the River Nile, in short, all of their water became fresh blood. They complained to Pharaoh about this and he said: ‘Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم has cast an illusion on you.’

They said: ‘What illusion are you talking about? Our pots are full of blood, there is no sign of water whatsoever.’

After hearing this, Pharaoh ordered: ‘The Qibtis should take water from the same pot as the Bani Israel.’ However, when the Bani Israel would take out water, water would come out, but when the Qibtis would take out water, blood would come out of the same pot.

The Qibti women became desperate and approached the women of Bani Israel for some water, but when the water would enter their pots, it would turn into blood.

Upon witnessing this, a Qibti woman said: ‘Place water in your mouth and then expel it into mine.’ However, as long as that water remained in the mouth of the Israelite woman, it remained as water, but when it reached the mouth of the Qibti woman, it became blood.

When Pharaoh himself became extremely thirsty, he tried to suck the liquid of the moist trees, but as soon as the liquid entered his mouth, it became blood.

For seven days, they did not find anything besides blood to drink. So once again, they requested Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم to make Du’a and promised to embrace faith. Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم made Du’a, thus, this calamity was also averted, but they still did not embrace faith.   (Tafseer-e-Baghawi, vol. 2, pp. 159 - 161)

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