M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir (1974)

by their magic and to take away your best traditions.

64. Therefore settle your plan, then come standing in ranks, and he will prosper indeed this day who overcomes.

65. They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first who cast down?

66. 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.

67. So Musa conceived in his mind a fear.

68. We said: Fear not, surely you shall be the uppermost:

69. 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.

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

71. (Firon) said: You believe in him before I give you leave; most surely he is the chief of you who taught you enchantment, therefore I will certainly cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will certainly crucify you on the trunks of the palm-trees, and certainly you will come to know which of us is the more severe