Al A‘rāf

وَجَآءَ الْسَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوا إِنَّ لَنا لاَجْراً إِنْ كُنّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ

قَالَ نَعَمْ وإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ

113 . “And the sorcerers came to Pharaoh, they said: ‘Verily there will be a reward for us if we are victors’.”

114 . “He said: ‘Yes! and you will surely be of the near-stationed (to me)’.”

From this verse on, the words are upon the entanglement of Moses with the sorcerers and the end of his struggle therein. The verse implies that, by the invitation of Pharaoh, sorcerers went to him, and the first thing that they told him was that whether they would have a large reward if they could overcome the enemy. Here is the verse:

Immediately after that, Pharaoh also gave them a favorable promise, and said that not only he would give them a good financial reward but also they would be of the near-stationed to him. The verse says:

Thus, Pharaoh promised them both the reward of wealth and the reward of high rank.