Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!" (۶۱)

So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret. (۶۲)

They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away with your most cherished institutions. (۶۳)

"Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried) ranks: He wins (all along) today who gains the upper hand." (۶۴)

They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?" (۶۵)

He said, "Nay, throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic - began to be in lively motion! (۶۶)

So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear. (۶۷)

We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand: (۶۸)

"Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes." (۶۹)

So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said, "We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses". (۷۰)