Al-A'raf Verse 112

to bring you every clever magician.”

to bring you every learned magician.”

to bring thee every cunning sorcerer.'

to summon every learned sorcerer to you.’

That they may bring to thee every magician knowing.

And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed."

to summon every skilful magician to your presence.'

"To bring all the wise magicians to you."

“To bring all the expert magicians to you.”

to bring you every expert magician.’

"To bring to your presence every learned, skillful sorcerer."

`Who would (collect and) bring to you every skilled sorcerer.´

They come to you with every knowledgeable magician/sorcerer.

"To bring all the expert magicians to you."

To bring unto you every knowing (expert) magician."

"That they bring up to you all well-versed sorcerers."

They said: Put him off and his brother, and send summoners into the cities,

That they may bring to you every enchanter possessed of knowledge.

To bring each knowing wizard unto thee.

to bring together at the Pharaohs court all the skillful magicians.

to summon every wellversed sorcerer to you'

"That they bring to you all well-versed sorcerers."

who should bring to you every skillful magician."

“And let them bring you every skillful magician.”

to bring you every cunning sorcerer' (shir; a variant reading has sahhr) to outdo Moses in the art of magic. And so they summoned [them].

"That they bring to you all well-versed sorcerers."

At this time, magic was the trade of the day and it was widespread and popular. They had the idea that what Musa brought was a type of magic similar to the magic that the sorcerers of their time practiced. Because of this incorrect assumption, they brought all the magicians in order to defeat the miracles that he showed them.

Allah said about Fir`awn,

لَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِ فَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِداً لاَّ نُخْلِفُهُ نَحْنُ وَلَا أَنتَ مَكَاناً سُوًى

قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ الزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ النَّاسُ ضُحًى

فَتَوَلَّى فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُ ثُمَّ أَتَى

Then verily, we can produce magic the like thereof; so appoint a meeting between us and you, which neither we nor you shall fail to keep, in an open place where both shall have a just and equal chance."

(Musa) said;"Your appointed meeting is the day of the festival, and let the people assemble when the sun has risen (forenoon)."

So Fir`awn withdrew, devised his plot and then came back. (20;58-60