قَالَ أَلْقُوا ۖ فَلَمَّا أَلْقَوْا سَحَرُوا أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَاءُوا بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ ١١٦
Said Moses: "Throw ye (first)." So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them: for they showed a great (feat of) magic.
وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ ١١٧
We put it into Moses's mind by inspiration: "Throw (now) thy rod":and behold! it swallows up straight away all the falsehoods which they fake!
فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ١١٨
Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect.
فَغُلِبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانْقَلَبُوا صَاغِرِينَ ١١٩
So the (great ones) were vanquished there and then, and were made to look small.
وَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ ١٢٠
But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in adoration.