His saying, the Almighty: "And send among the cities gatherers."

8792 - My father said, Sahl ibn Bakkar said: Abu 'Awanah told us, from Yazid ibn Ziyad, from Miqsam, from Ibn 'Abbas: "And send among the cities gatherers." The magicians were afraid of Pharaoh, so when he sent to them, he said: Your lord has need of you, and said: Indeed, this one has done such and such.

8793 - 'Ammar ibn Khalid told us, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan and Yazid ibn Harun told us—and the wording is that of Muhammad ibn Asbagh ibn Zayd al-Warraq—from al-Qasim ibn Abi Ayyub, Sa'id ibn Jubayr told me, from Ibn 'Abbas: They said to him, meaning to Pharaoh: Gather the magicians, for they are numerous in your land, so that you may prevail through their magic. Thus he sent to the cities and gathered for him every learned magician.

8794 - My father told us, Musa ibn 'Adi told us, Ibn Abi Za'idah told us, from Isma'il ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhajir, from his father, from Mujahid, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "Among the cities gatherers," he said: The guards.

His saying, the Almighty: "That they may bring to you every learned magician."

8795 - 'Ammar ibn Khalid told us, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan and Yazid ibn Harun told us—and the wording is that of Muhammad ibn al-Hasan—from Asbagh ibn Zayd al-Warraq, from al-Qasim ibn Abi Ayyub, Sa'id ibn Jubayr told me, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "That they may bring to you every learned magician," so there were gathered for him every learned magician.

His saying, the Almighty: "And the magicians came to Pharaoh."

[The first interpretation]

8796 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj told us, Abu Yahya al-Razi told us, from Musa ibn 'Ubaydah, from Muhammad ibn Ka'b, he said: The magicians whom Allah caused to die as Muslims were eighty thousand.

And the second interpretation:

8797 - My father told us, 'Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah told us, Jarir told us, from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Rufay', from Khaythamah, from Abu Sawdah, from Ka'b, he said: The magicians of Pharaoh were twelve thousand.

The third interpretation:

8798 - It was mentioned from Zakariyya ibn Yahya al-Kasa'i, Abu Bakr ibn 'Ayyash told us, from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Rufay', from Abu Sawdah, from Ka'b, he said: The magicians of Pharaoh were nineteen thousand.