"Throw what you are going to throw!"So, they threw their ropes and their sticks, and said:"By the might of Fir`awn, it is we who will certainly win!"This is what the ignorant masses say when they do something:`this is by the virtue of So-and-so!'In Surah Al-A`raf Allah mentioned that:سَحَرُواْ أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَأءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍThey bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them, and they displayed a great magic. (7:116)And in Surah Ta Ha He said:فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىفَأَوْجَسَ فِي نَفْسِهِ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىقُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الاَْعْلَىوَأَلْقِ مَا فِي يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوا إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا كَيْدُ سَاحِرٍ وَلَاأ يُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىThen behold! their ropes and their sticks, by their magic, appeared to him as though they moved fast. So Musa conceived fear in himself. We (Allah) said:"Fear not! Surely, you will have the upper hand. And throw that which is in your right hand! It will swallow up that which they have made. That which they have made is only a magician's trick, and the magician will never be successful, to whatever amount (of skill) he may attain." (20:66-69)And here Allah says:فَأَلْقَى مُوسَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ