(81) When they cast, Mūsā said: “What you bring ˹really˺ is magic, but Allah will render it worthless—verily Allah does not render useful the doing of the corrupters”[2435].
[2435] His utterance of these words, in such a greatly unnerving situation, is testimony to the firmness of Moses’ Faith. Its mention as such here is meant as a lesson for those who pay heed (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr).