قَالَ لَهُمْ مُّوسَى أَلْقُوا مَا أَنْتُمْ مُّلْقُونَ(( 43 ))

43- (THE APPOINTED TIME REACHED, AND ALL THE MAGICIANS WERE READY IN THE FIELD, WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EGYPTIAN GAZING AT THEIR HANDS, THEN MOSES SAID:ِ)

      ``CAST YOU DOWN WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO CAST.''

فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِیَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ(( 44 ))

44- THEN THEY CAST THEIR ROPES AND RODS, AND SAID:ِ BY THE EXALTED MIGHT OF PHARAOH, WE ARE THE VICTORS OURSELVES.

فَأَلْقَى مُوسَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا یَأْفِکُونَ(( 45 ))

45- THEN MOSES CAST HIS STAFF, AND THERE IT SWALLOWED ALL THEIR FALSE DEVICES!

فَأُلْقِىَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِینَ(( 46 ))

46- AND THE MAGICIANS FELL DOWN PROSTRATING THEMSELVES.

قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِینَ(( 47 ))

47- THEY SAID:ِ ``WE HAVE BELIEVED IN THE LORD OF ALL THE WORLDS.''

رَبِّ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ(( 48 ))

48- THE LORD OF MOSES AND AARON.

قَالَ آمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَکُمْ إِنَّهُ لَکَبِیرُکُمْ الَّذِى عَلَّمَکُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَیْدِیَکُمْ وَأَرْجُلَکُمْ مِّنْ خِلاَف وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّکُمْ أَجْمَعِینَ(( 49 ))

49- PHARAOH SAID:ِ ``BELIEVED YOU IN HIM BEFORE I GAVE YOU PERMISSION!? VERILY HE IS THE ELDER OF YOU WHO HAS TAUGHT YOU SORCERY. THEN VERY SOON SHALL YOU COME TO KNOW THAT I WILL CUT OFF YOUR HANDS AND FEET ALTERNATELY, AND I WILL CRUCIFY YOU ALL TOGETHER.''

قَالُوا لَا ضَیْرَ إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُونَ(( 50 ))

50- THEY SAID:ِ ``THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT! WE ARE TURNING TO OUR LORD.''

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَنْ یَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَایَانَا أَنْ کُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ(( 51 ))

51- WE COVET OUR LORD TO FORGIVE US OUR WRONGS, FOR BEING THE FIRST OF THE BELIEVERS.