Taha 20:68

<h2>The Competition, Musa's Victory, and the Magician's Faith</h2><p>Allah, the Exalted, informs about the magicians when they met Musa, that they said to Musa, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ</div><p>("Either you throw first...") meaning, "you go first." </p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىقَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُواْ</div><p>("...or we be the first to throw" (Musa) said: "Nay, throw you (first)!") This means, `you magicians should go first so that we can see what magic you are going to perform and so that the true state of their affair will become obvious to the people.' </p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَى</div><p>(Then behold! their ropes and their sticks, by their magic, appeared to him as though they moved fast.) In another Ayah it says that when they threw, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَونَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَـلِبُونَ</div><p>(Then said: "By the might of Fir`awn, it is we who will certainly win!") 26:44 And Allah, the Exalted, says, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">سَحَرُواْ أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ</div><p>(They bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them, and they displayed a great magic.) 7:116 Here, He says in this Surah, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَى</div><p>(Then behold! …

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

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

We (Allah) said: "Fear not! Surely, you will have the upper hand.

We said, “Do not be afraid, you are the uppermost.