[Shua`ra 26:40] The people said, �Perhaps we may follow the magicians if they are victorious.�

[Shua`ra 26:41] So when the magicians came, they said to Firaun, �Will we get some reward if we are victorious?�

[Shua`ra 26:42] He said, �Yes, and you will then become close to me.�

[Shua`ra 26:43] Moosa said to them, �Cast whatever you intend to cast.�

[Shua`ra 26:44] So they threw down their ropes and their staves and exclaimed, �By the honour of Firaun, indeed victory is ours!�

[Shua`ra 26:45] Therefore Moosa put forth his staff � so it immediately began swallowing all their fabrications.

[Shua`ra 26:46] The magicians therefore fell down prostrate.

[Shua`ra 26:47] They said, �We have accepted faith in the Lord Of The Creation.�

[Shua`ra 26:48] �The Lord of Moosa and Haroon.�

[Shua`ra 26:49] Said Firaun, �You accepted faith in him before I permitted you! He is indeed your leader who taught you magic; so now you will come to know; I swear, I will certainly cut off your hands and your feet from alternate sides, and crucify all of you.�

[Shua`ra 26:50] They said, �No harm (in it), we will return to our Lord.�

[Shua`ra 26:51] �We hope that our Lord will forgive us our mistakes, as we are the first to believe.�

Section 4

[Shua`ra 26:52] And We sent the divine revelation to Moosa that, �Journey along with My bondmen within the night, for you will be pursued.�

[Shua`ra 26:53] So Firaun sent gatherers into the cities.

[Shua`ra 26:54] They announced �These people are a small group.�

[Shua`ra 26:55] �And indeed they have angered all of us.�

[Shua`ra 26:56] �And indeed we are an alert army.�

[Shua`ra 26:57] We therefore got them out from the gardens and water springs.

[Shua`ra 26:58] And from treasures and nice houses.

[Shua`ra 26:59] So it was; and We made the Descendants of Israel its inheritors.

[Shua`ra 26:60] So the Firaun�s people followed them at sunrise.