قالَ رَبُّ المَشرِقِ وَالمَغرِبِ وَما بَينَهُما ۖ إِن كُنتُم تَعقِلونَ

[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."

قالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذتَ إِلـٰهًا غَيري لَأَجعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ المَسجونينَ

[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."

قالَ أَوَلَو جِئتُكَ بِشَيءٍ مُبينٍ

[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you proof manifest?"

قالَ فَأتِ بِهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصّادِقينَ

[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."

فَأَلقىٰ عَصاهُ فَإِذا هِيَ ثُعبانٌ مُبينٌ

So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.

قالَ لِلمَلَإِ حَولَهُ إِنَّ هـٰذا لَساحِرٌ عَليمٌ

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.

يُريدُ أَن يُخرِجَكُم مِن أَرضِكُم بِسِحرِهِ فَماذا تَأمُرونَ

He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"

قالوا أَرجِه وَأَخاهُ وَابعَث فِي المَدائِنِ حاشِرينَ

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

يَأتوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحّارٍ عَليمٍ

Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."

فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِميقاتِ يَومٍ مَعلومٍ

So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.