Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

32 Thereat he threw down his staff,
and behold, it was a manifest python.
33 Then he drew out his hand,
and behold, it was white to the onlookers.
34 He said to the elite [who stood] around him,
‘This is indeed an expert magician
35 who seeks to expel you from your land
with his magic.
So what do you advise?’
36 They said, ‘Put him and his brother off for a while,
and send heralds to the cities
37 to bring you every expert magician.’
38 So the magicians were gathered
for the tryst of a known day,
39 and the people were told:
‘Will you gather?!’
40 ‘Maybe we will follow the magicians,
should they be the victors!’
41 So when the magicians came,
they said to Pharaoh,
‘Shall we indeed have a reward
if we were to be the victors?’
42 He said, ‘Of course;
and indeed you shall be among those near [to me].’
43 Moses said to them,
‘Throw down what you have to throw!’
44 So they threw down their sticks and ropes,
and said, ‘By the might of Pharaoh,
we shall surely be the victors!’
45 Thereat Moses threw down his staff,