وَلَقَدْ أَرَیْنَاهُ آیَاتِنَا کُلَّهَا فَکَذَّبَ وَأَبَى(( 56 ))

56- AND WE SHOWED HIM (i.e. PHARAOH) ALL OUR SIGNS, THEN HE BELIED AND REFUSED.

قَالَ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِکَ یَا مُوسَى(( 57 ))

57- HE SAID HAVE YOU COME TO DRIVE US OUT OF OUR LAND BY YOUR SORCERY, O, MOSES?

فَلَنَأْتِیَنَّکَ بِسِحْر مِّثْلِهِ فَاجْعَلْ بَیْنَنَا وَبَیْنَکَ مَوْعِداً لاَّ نُخْلِفُهُ نَحْنُ وَلاَ أَنْتَ مَکَاناً سُوىً(( 58 ))

58- WE TOO, WILL BRING YOU A MAGIC THE LIKE OF IT. THEN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BETWEEN US AND YOU; SO THAT NEITHER WE SHALL FAIL IT NOR YOU IN A PLACE WITH AN EVEN CHANCE (FOR BOTH PARTIES).

قَالَ مَوْعِدُکُمْ یَوْمُ الزِّینَةِ وَأَنْ یُحْشَرَ النَّاسُ ضُحىً(( 59 ))

59- HE SAID; LET YOUR APPOINTMENT BE ON THE DAY OF FEAST, AND THAT, PEOPLE BE MUSTERED WHEN THE SUN IS HIGH UP.

فَتَوَلَّى فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ کَیْدَهُ ثُمَّ أَتَى(( 60 ))

60- THEN PHARAOH LEFT (THE MEETING) AND CONCERTED HIS PLAN, AND CAME ON.

قَالَ لَهُمْ مُّوسَى وَیْلَکُمْ لاَ تَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللهِ کَذِباً فَیُسْحِتَکُمْ بِعَذَاب وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ افْتَرَى(( 61 ))

61- MOSES SAID TO THEM:ِ ``WOE TO YOU! DO NOT FORGE LIE AGAINST ALLAH, LEST HE DESTROY YOU BY A TORMENT, THAT, VERILY HE WHO FORGED FAILED (TO REACH HIS GOAL)

فَتَنَازَعُوا أَمْرَهُمْ بَیْنَهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا النَّجْوَى(( 62 ))

62- AND THEY DISPUTED ABOUT THEIR PLAN AMONG THEMSELVES AND WHISPERED.

قَالُوا إِنْ هَـذَانِ لَسَاحِرَانِ یُرِیدَانِ أَنْ یُخْرِجَاکُمْ مِّنْ أَرْضِکُمْ بِسِحْرِهِمَا وَیَذْهَبَا بِطَرِیقَتِکُمُ الْمُثْلَى(( 63 ))

63- THEY SAID:ِ ``THESE ARE TWO (SKILLED) MAGICIANS WHO WANT TO DRIVE YOU OUT OF YOUR LAND BY THEIR MAGIC, AND DO AWAY WITH YOUR EXCELLENT CREED.''

فَأَجْمِعُوا کَیْدَکُمْ ثُمَّ ائْتُوا صَفّاً وَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْیَوْمَ مَنْ اسْتَعْلَى(( 64 ))

64- THEREFORE CONCERT YOUR PLAN, AND COME UNITED (IN THE FIELD), AND (KNOW) THAT HE WILL PROSPER TO-DAY WHO OVERCOMES.