قَالَ لِلْمَلَاِ حَوْلَهُHe said to the chiefs around him:Since Fir`awn was already doomed, he hastened to stubborn denial, and said to the chiefs around him:إِنَّ هَذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌVerily, this is indeed a well-versed sorcerer.One who knows a great deal of magic or witchcraft.Fir`awn was trying to convince them that this was sorcery, not a miracle. Then he provoked them against Musa, trying to make them oppose him and disbelieve in him, and said