قَالَ

بَلۡ

أَلۡقُواْۖ

فَإِذَا

حِبَالُهُمۡ

وَعِصِيُّهُمۡ

يُخَيَّلُ

إِلَيۡهِ

مِن

سِحۡرِهِمۡ

أَنَّهَا

تَسۡعَىٰ

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Moses responded, “No, you go first.” And suddenly their ropes and staffs appeared to him—by their magic—to be slithering.

So Moses concealed fear within himself.

We reassured ˹him˺, “Do not fear! It is certainly you who will prevail.

Cast what is in your right hand, and it will swallow up what they have made, for what they have made is no more than a magic trick. And magicians can never succeed wherever they go.”