Overall meaning : Allah, Exalted be He, mentions that He inspired Moses to throw down his staff after the magicians had cast theirs. When Moses did, it turned into a real snake that started devouring what the magicians had thrown down and tricked people into believing they were snakes. Thus did the truth prevail, and all their doings proved false. And thus were the magicians, as well as Pharaoh and his chiefs, vanquished at that large gathering and became utterly humiliated. The magicians then prostrated themselves to their Lord after witnessing Allah’s great power, and said, 'We now believe in the Lord of all the worlds, the Lord of Moses and Aaron.’
Pharaoh said to the magicians, 'Do you dare believe in Him before I give you permission? This is a plot you and Moses have contrived to turn the people out of their city. You will soon come to know about the severe punishment I will inflict on you. I will cut off the hands and feet of each one of you on opposite sides and then crucify you all.’ The magicians, who were now believers, said, 'To our Lord then will we return. You are spiteful towards us only because we have believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us.’ 'Our Lord,’ they prayed, 'pour out upon us patience, and cause us to die in a state of complete submission to You.’