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M.Pickthall
60. Then Pharaoh went and gathered his strength came (to the appointed tryst).
Yusuf Ali
60. So Pharaoh withdrew: he concerted his plan and then came (back).
M.Pickthall
61. Moses said unto them: Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allah, lest He
extirpate you by some punishment. He who lieth faileth miserably.
Yusuf Ali
61. Moses said to him: "Woe to you! forge not ye a lie against Allah lest He destroy
you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!"
M.Pickthall
62. Then they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept their
counsel secret.
Yusuf Ali
62. So they disputed one with another over their affair but they kept their
talk secret.
M.Pickthall
63. They said: Lo! these are two wizards who would drive you out from your country by
their magic, and destroy your best traditions;
Yusuf Ali
63. They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive
you out from your land with their magic and to do away with your Most cherished
institutions.
M.Pickthall
64. So arrange your plan, and come in battle line. Whoso is uppermost this day will
be indeed successful.
Yusuf Ali
64. "Therefore concert your plan. And then assemble in (serried) ranks: he wins (all
along) today who gains the upper hand."
M.Pickthall
65. They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?
Yusuf Ali
65. They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the
first to throw?"
M.Pickthall
66. He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then Lo! their cords and their staves, by their magic,
appeared to him as though they ran.
Yusuf Ali
66. He said "Nay throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods so it seemed
to him on account of their magic began to be in lively motion!
M.Pickthall
67. And Moses conceived a fear in his mind
Yusuf Ali
67. So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.
M.Pickthall
68. We said: Fear not! Lo! thou art the higher.
Yusuf Ali
68. We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:
M.Pickthall
69. Throw that which is in thy right hand! It will eat up that which they have made.
Lo! that which they have made but a wizards artifice, and a wizard shall not be successful
to whatever point (of skill) he may attain.
Yusuf Ali
69. "Throw that which is in thy right hand: quickly will it swallow up that which they
have faked. What they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the magician thrives not
(no matter) where he goes."
M.Pickthall
70. Then the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of
Aaron and Moses.
Yusuf Ali
70. So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said "We believe in the Lord
of Aaron and Moses."
M.Pickthall
71. (Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he is your chief who
taught you magic. Now surely I shall cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I
shall crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and ye shall know for certain which of us
hath sterner and more lasting punishment.
Yusuf Ali
71. (Pharaoh) said: "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? Surely this must be
your leader who has taught you magic! Be sure I will cut off your hands and feet on
opposite sides and I will have you crucified on trunks of palm-trees: So shall ye know
for certain which of us can give the more severe and the more lasting Punishment!"
M.Pickthall
72. They said: We choose thee not above the clear proofs that have come unto us, and above
Him Who created us. So decree what thou wilt decree. Thou wilt end for us only the life of
the world.
Yusuf Ali
72. They said: "Never shall we regard thee as more than the Clear Signs that have come to
us or than Him Who created us! So decree whatever thou desirest to decree: for thou canst
only decree (touching) the life of this world.
M.Pickthall
73. Lo! we believe in our Lord, that He may forgive us our sins and the magic unto which
thou didst force us. Allah is better and more lasting.
Yusuf Ali
73. For us we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us our faults and the magic to
which thou didst compel us: for Allah is Best and Most Abiding."
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