قَالَ He said qāla If la-ini you take ittakhadhta a god ilāhan other than me ghayrī I will surely make you la-ajʿalannaka among mina those imprisoned l-masjūnīna
[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."
قَالَ He said qāla Even if awalaw I bring you ji'tuka something bishayin manifest mubīnin
[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you something [i.e., proof] manifest?"
قَالَ He said qāla Then bring fati it bihi if in you are kunta of mina the truthful l-ṣādiqīna
[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."
فَأَلْقَىٰ So he threw fa-alqā his staff ʿaṣāhu and behold fa-idhā It hiya (was) a serpent thuʿ'bānun manifest mubīnun
So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.
وَنَزَعَ And he drew out wanazaʿa his hand yadahu and behold fa-idhā It hiya (was) white bayḍāu for the observers lilnnāẓirīna
And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.
قَالَ He said qāla to the chiefs lil'mala-i around him ḥawlahu Indeed inna this hādhā (is) surely a magician lasāḥirun learned ʿalīmun
[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.
يُرِيدُ He wants yurīdu to an drive you out yukh'rijakum from min your land arḍikum by his magic bisiḥ'rihi so what famādhā (do) you advise tamurūna
He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"
قَالُوٓا۟ They said qālū Postpone him arjih and his brother wa-akhāhu and send wa-ib'ʿath in fī the cities l-madāini gatherers ḥāshirīna
They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers
يَأْتُوكَ They (will) bring to you yatūka every bikulli magician saḥḥārin learned ʿalīmin
Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."