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.

Then they came to their father in the early part of the night, weeping.

They stained his shirt with false blood. He said: "Nay, but your minds have made up a tale (that may pass) with you, (for me) patience is most fitting: Against that which ye assert, it is Allah (alone) Whose help can be sought"..

他说：“你们先抛吧！”当他们抛下去时，（变出的大蛇）眩惑了众人的眼睛，而且使人们恐怖。他们施展了大魔术。

傍晚，他们哭著来见他们的父亲，

他们用假血染了优素福的衬衣，拿来给他们的父亲看。他说：“不然！你们的私欲怂恿你们干了这件事；我只有很好地忍耐，对你们所叙述的事，我只能求助于真主！”