[20].Surah Taha [Tâ-Hâ]: Ayat 56-58

Ayat 56. And indeed We showed him [Firaun (Pharaoh)] all Our Signs and Evidences, but he denied and refused.

Ayat 57. He [Firaun (Pharaoh)] said: "Have you come to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Mûsa (Moses)?

Ayat 58. "Then verily, we can produce magic the like thereof; so appoint a meeting between us and you, which neither we, nor you shall fail to keep, in an open wide place where both shall have a just and equal chance (and beholders could witness the competition)."

[Tafseer] This is a sort of general introduction to the confrontation between Moses and Pharaoh. The Signs are not only the countering of the fraudulent magic of Egypt with real miracles, but the subsequent Plagues (not mentioned here) and the Crossing of the Red Sea by Israel . The Egyptians accused Moses of a design to deprive them of their land, and of exercising black magic. Both charges were palpably false. What Moses wanted to do was to free his people from bondage. The Egyptians had all the power in their possession; they wished to use the Israelites as untouchable helots: and anyone who wanted to mitigate this injustice was branded as a dreadful person who wished to deprive em of their lawful rights. As to magic, the Egyptians judged Moses by themselves. They practised sorcery to deceive the people. They accused the Prophet of Allah of doing the same, though both his outlook and source of his strength were altogether different. Suwan: literally, 'equal, even.' It has been construed to mean: (1) a place equally distant for both sides, a central place, or (2) equally convenient to both sides, or (3) an open level plain, where the people can collect with ease. All these are possible meanings, but the one I have adopted is more comprehensive, and includes the others, (4) a place where both sides shall have even chances, "a fair place", as Palmer laconically translates it.

Hazrat Abu Sufyan (May Allah be pleased with him) reported, in course of his detailed narration about Heraclius when the latter questioned him about the teachings of the Prophet [SAWW](PBUH) He said that: He [SAWW](PBUH) told (us): "Worship Allah Alone and do not associate a thing with Him; and give up all that your ancestors said. "He also commands us to perform Salat (prayers), to speak the truth, to observe modesty and to strengthen the ties of kinship.

[Al-Bukhari Book 01,Chapter 01, Hadith # 06]. 

Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Taha Ayat 56."And indeed We showed him all Our Signs and Evidences," In this Hadith an enemy of the Prophet [SAWW](PBUH) acknowledges the veracity of the Prophet's teaching, because Abu Sufyan (May Allah be pleased with him) made this admission when he was a pagan.