قَالُوا یَا مُوسَى إِمَّا أَنْ تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ نَّکُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَى(( 65 ))
65- AND THEY SAID:- ``O, MOSES! WILL YOU CAST (THE STAFF) OR WE ARE THE FIRST TO CAST DOWN?''
قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِیُّهُمْ یُخَیَّلُ إِلَیْهِ مِنْ سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَى(( 66 ))
66- HE SAID:ِ ``YOU THROW DOWN (FIRST). THEN THEIR ROPES AND RODS DUE TO THEIR MAGIC, IN HIS IMAGINATIONS WERE MOVING FAST!''
فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِ خِیفَةً مُّوسَى(( 67 ))
67- AND MOSES CONCEIVED (SOME SORT OF) A FEAR IN HIMSELF.
قُلْنَا لاَ تَخَفْ إِنَّکَ أَنْتَ الاَْعْلَى(( 68 ))
68- WE SAID (TO MOSES):ِ ``DON'T BE AFRAID THAT YOU HAVE THE UPPER HAND.
وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى یَمِینِکَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوا إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا کَیْدُ سَاحِر وَلاَ یُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُ حَیْثُ أَتَى(( 69 ))
69- AND CAST DOWN THAT WHICH IS IN YOUR RIGHT HAND, (i.e. THE ROD) THAT WILL SWALLOW WHATEVER THEY HAVE FABRICATED. ALL THEIR FABRICATION IS NOTHING BUT THE GUILE OF SORCERER, AND A SORCERER WILL NOT PROSPER WHEREVER HE GOES.