(Moses) said: Your tryst shall be the day of the feast, and let the people assemble when the sun hath risen high.
Then Pharaoh went and gathered his strength, then came (to the appointed tryst).
Moses said unto them: Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allah, lest He extirpate you by some punishment. He who lieth faileth miserably.
Then they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept their counsel secret.
They said: Lo! these are two wizards who would drive you out from your country by their magic, and destroy your best traditions;
So arrange your plan, and come in battle line. Whoso is uppermost this day will be indeed successful.
They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?
He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by their magic, appeared to him as though they ran.
And Moses conceived a fear in his mind.
We said: Fear not! Lo! thou art the higher.
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.
Then the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.
(Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he is your chief who taught you magic. Now surely I shall cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I shall crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and ye shall know for certain which of us hath sterner and more lasting punishment.
And verily We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night and strike for them a dry path in the sea, fearing not to be overtaken, neither being afraid (of the sea).
Then Pharaoh followed them with his hosts and there covered them that which did cover them of the sea.
And Pharaoh led his folk astray, he did not guide them.
O Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and we made a covenant with you on the holy mountain’s side, and sent down on you the manna and the quails,
(Saying): Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and transgress not in respect thereof lest My wrath come upon you: and he on whom My wrath cometh, he is lost indeed.
And lo! verily I am Forgiving toward him who repenteth and believeth and doeth good, and afterward walketh aright.
And (it was said): What hath made thee hasten from thy folk, O Moses?
He said: They are close upon my track. I hastened unto Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be well pleased.
He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri hath misled them.
Then Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me?
They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri proposed.
Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses, but he hath forgotten. The golden (or saffron-coloured) calf mooed.
See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use?
And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order.
They said: We shall by no means cease to be its votaries till Moses return unto us. When did the people repent?
He (Moses) said: O Aaron! What held thee back when thou didst see them gone astray,
That thou followedst me not? Hast thou then disobeyed my order?
He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.
(Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri?
He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me.
(Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea.
Your God is only Allah, than Whom there is no other God. He embraceth all things in His knowledge.
Thus relate We unto thee (Muhammad) some tidings of that which happened of old, and We have given thee from Our presence a reminder. Koran 20:9-99
And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,
The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)?
He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,
And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).
And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.
He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing.
And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds,
(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.
(Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a child? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us,
And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates.
He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.
Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him).
And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.
Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds?
(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief.
(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not ?
He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.
(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman!
He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand.
(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.
He said: Even though I show thee something plain?
(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful!
Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest, Moses turns his staff into a snake and makes his hand turn white.
And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders.
(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard,
Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye?
They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners.
Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.
So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed.
And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering?
(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.
And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners?
He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me).
Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!
Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh’s might, lo! we verily are the winners.
Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show. Moses throws his staff down and it swallows the wizards’ staffs.
And the wizards were flung prostrate,
Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,