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He said, "Have you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?

              

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Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned."1

        

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[Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning."1

      

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So Pharaoh went away, put together his plan, and then came [to Moses].

               

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Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allāh or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."

     

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So they disputed over their affair among themselves and concealed their private conversation.

             

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They said, "Indeed, these are two magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your most exemplary way [i.e., religion or tradition].

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So resolve upon your plan and then come [forward] in line. And he has succeeded today who overcomes."

           

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They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."

            

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He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].