Musa said to them: Woe to you! do not forge a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you by a punishment, and he who forges (a lie) indeed fails to attain (his desire) (۶۱)

So they disputed with one another about their affair and kept the discourse secret (۶۲)

They said: These are most surely two magicians who wish to turn you out from your land by their magic and to take away your best traditions (۶۳)

Therefore settle your plan, then come standing in ranks and he will prosper indeed this day who overcomes (۶۴)

They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first who cast down? (۶۵)

He said: Nay! cast down. then lo! their cords and their rods-- it was imaged to him on account of their magic as if they were running (۶۶)

So Musa conceived in his mind a fear (۶۷)

We said: Fear not, surely you shall be the uppermost, (۶۸)

And cast down what is in your right hand; it shall devour what they have wrought; they have wrought only the plan of a magician, and the magician shall not be successful wheresoever he may come from (۶۹)

And the magicians were cast down making obeisance; they said: We believe in the Lord of Haroun and Musa (۷۰)