:52. He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets,-
:53. "He Who has, made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels); and has sent down water from the sky." With it have We produced diverse pairs of plants each separate from the others.
:54. Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.
:55. From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return you, and from it shall We bring you out once again.
:56. And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject and refuse.
:57. He said: "Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with thy magic, O Moses?
:58. "But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou - in a place where both shall have even chances."
:59. Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is well up."
:60. So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came (back).
:61. Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!"
:62. So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret.
:63. They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away with your most cherished institutions.
:64. "Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried) ranks: He wins (all along) today who gains the upper hand."
