[1717] This one-word reply shows how sure Moses (عليه السلام) was of victory to the extent that he sounded careless (cf. Riḍā).
[1718] They made their staffs and ropes appear to the onlookers as a great many large snakes (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Wajīz, al-Shinqīṭī, al-ʿAdhb al-Namīr): “…and suddenly their ropes and staffs appeared to him – by their magic – to be slithering” (20: 66).