Pharoah told the courtiers that the man was mad "So he cast down his rod, and lo!
Pharoah told the courtiers that the man was mad "So he cast down his rod, and lo! It was an obvious serpent." (26:32). فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُبِينٌ Those who were present ran away and Pharoah fell from his throne. Then Moses pressed his hand to his side and his hand flashed with light. Pharoah attributed magic to Moses saying: We can do magic too. Then he gathered 72 magicians and invited people to come to Nile bank to watch their magic works.
The magicians cast down their ropes shaped as snakes. People were made to believe that they were snakes. But at this time, Moses was inspired: "Fear not surely you shall be the uppermost" (20:68) قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْأَعْلَىٰ Moses cast down the rod. It turned into a serpent which devoured the magicians’ snakes. "And the magicians were thrown down prostrate; they said: We believe in the lord of the worlds." (26: 46-47) فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ.
قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Threatening the magicians, Pharoah said: "Certainly I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and certainly I will crucify you all." (26:49) لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ Then the beautician of Pharoah’s family and his wife, Asya believed in the Lord but they were killed at once. Moses had the mission to take the children of Israel form Egypt to Kan’an but Pharoah opposed it.
To punish him, Moses struck the Nile with his rod and the water of it turned into blood. Pharaoh agreed to the exodus of Bani-Israel provided that the water of Nile would turn to its normal state. Moses accepted and struck Nile River with his rod making blood turn into water but Pharoah broke his promise. Moses once again struck Nile River with his rod making it to be filled with frogs in way people were horrified.
Pharoah agreed to the exodus of Bani-Israel provided that the disaster was removed. Yet he kept breaking his promise when the disaster was removed. This time, Moses struck the ground with his rod making people to be affected by lice. After seven days, this disaster too was removed. But he was denied exodus. Moses prayed to God to affect them with gnats which filled the whole city. After seven days. Pharoah sent a message saying: I will allow you to make sacrifice for your Lord.
But Moses did not accept. Pharoah allowed them to go out but not too far, provided that the disaster of gnats would be removed.