range your plan, and come in battle line. Whoso is uppermost
this day will be indeed successful.

S: Therefore settle your plan, then come standing in ranks and he will
prosper indeed this day who overcomes.

020.065
Y: They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or
that we be the first to throw?"

P: They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to
throw?

S: They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first who cast
down?

020.066
Y: 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!

P: He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by
their magic, appeared to him as though they ran.

S: He said: Nay! cast down. Then lo! their cords and their rods-- it was
imaged to him on account of their magic as if they were running.

020.067
Y: So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.

P: And Moses conceived a fear in his mind.

S: So Musa conceived in his mind a fear.

020.068
Y: We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:"

P: We said: Fear not! Lo! thou art the higher.

S: We said: Fear not, surely you shall be the uppermost,

020.069
Y: "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."

P: Throw that which is in thy right hand! It will eat up that which they
have made. Lo! that which they have made is but a wizard's artifice,
and a wizard shall not be successful to whatever point (of skill) he
may attain.

S: And cast down what is in your right hand; it shall devour what they
have wrought; they have wrought only the plan of a magician, and the
magician shall not be successful wheresoever he may come from.

020.070
Y: So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said, "We
believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses".

P: Then the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe
in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.

S: And the magicians were cast down making obeisance; they said: We
believe in the Lord of Haroun and Musa.

020.071
Y: (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