He recited Verses 20-26 of the Surah at a Quranic session monthly organized by Iran’s Supreme Quran Council:

“(Remember) when Moses said to his people. ‘Remember, my people, the favors which Allah has bestowed upon you. He has raised up Prophets among you, made you kings, and given you that which He has not given to any one of the worlds.

Enter, my people, the Holy Land which Allah has written for you. Do not turn back in your footsteps, lest you shall turn to be losers.’

‘Moses,’ they replied, ‘therein is a nation of giants. We will not enter until they depart from it; if they depart from it only then shall we enter.’

Thereupon, two pious men whom Allah had favored said: ‘Go in to them through the gate, and if you enter you shall surely be victorious. In Allah put your trust, if you are believers.’

They said: ‘Moses, we will never go in so long as they are in it. Go, you and your Lord, to fight. We will stay here.’

He said: ‘Lord, I have none but myself and my brother. Set a barrier between us and the wicked people.’

The Lord said: ‘They shall be forbidden this land for forty years, during which time they shall wander (homeless) on the earth. Do not grieve for these wicked people.’”

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