Pharaoh said to the chiefs around him, “He is indeed a skilled magician,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.
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who seeks to drive you from your land by his magic. So what do you propose?”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"
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They replied, “Let him and his brother wait and dispatch mobilizers to all cities
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers
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to bring you every skilled magician.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."
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So the magicians were assembled at the set time on the appointed day.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.1
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And the people were asked, “Will you join the gathering,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate.
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so that we may follow the magicians if they prevail?”
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That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"
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When the magicians came, they asked Pharaoh, “Shall we have a ˹suitable˺ reward if we prevail?”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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 replied, “Yes, and you will then certainly be among those closest to me.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]."
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Moses said to them, “Cast whatever you wish to cast.”
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Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."
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So they cast down their ropes and staffs, saying, “By Pharaoh’s might, it is we who will surely prevail.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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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