Al A‘rāf

وَقَالُوا مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِ مِنْ ءَايَةٍ لِتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

132 . “And they said: ‘Whatever sign you may bring to us to charm us with it, we will not believe in you’.”

The enemies knew that the job of Moses was not magic and also knew that it was a Divine Sign, but they arrogantly and obstinately did not believe. But, when the sorcerers, who were expert in their job, understood that the accomplishment of Moses (as) was not a magic, they believed. Perhaps, the manner of the people of Pharaoh, that they called the accomplishment of Moses ‘a sign’, had been done mockingly. The verse says: