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And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"

      

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He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]."

       

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Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."

         

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So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."

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Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.

   

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So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].

    

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They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

   

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The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

                     

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[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all."

       

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They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.