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لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ ٤٠
Saheeh International
That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"
Tafsir of "Ibn Kathir" (English)
That we may follow the sorcerers if they are the winners.They did not say:`we will follow the truth, whether it rests with the sorcerers or with Musa;' the people were followers of the religion of their king.