So they discussed their strategy among themselves and conferred privately,
So they differed with one another in their task, and secretly conferred.
And they disputed upon their plan between them, and communed secretly
So they debated among themselves as to what to do; but they kept their counsel secret,
Then they wrangled about their affair among themselves, and kept secret their private counsel.
Then they debated with one another what they must do, and they kept their talk secret.
They disagreed among themselves over their affair, and conferred secretly.
Thereupon they wrangled among themselves about the matter and conferred in secret.
Then they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept their talk secret.
Then they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept their counsel secret.
So they disputed their matter among themselves, and kept their confidential talks secret.
They disputed upon their plan with one another, and spoke in secret
So they disputed over their affair among themselves and concealed their private conversation.
They started arguing and whispering to each other
So they disputed with one another about their affair and kept the discourse secret.
Fatan<u>a</u>zaAAoo amrahum baynahum waasarroo a<b>l</b>nnajw<u>a</u>
Then they [the magicians] conferred among themselves, whispering to one another.
So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret.
فَتَنَٰزَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَىٰ
The magicians argued among themselves when they heard what Moses (peace be upon him) had to say and they conferred secretly.
The magicians argued among themselves when they heard what Moses (peace be upon him) had to say and they conferred secretly.
<p>فَتَنَازَعُوا أَمْرَ‌هُم بَيْنَهُمْ (then, they disputed among themselves in their matter - 20:62), وَأَسَرُّ‌وا النَّجْوَىٰ (and kept their talk secret - 20:62). Ultimately their unanimous decision was to proceed with the contest because, in their opinion, Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) and Sayyidna Harun (علیہ السلام) were both magicians who wished to drive away the Pharaoh and his men from Egypt by their magic and to eradicate their ideal way of life. This decision of theirs is mentioned in verse 63 in the following words:</p>
فَتَنَازَعُوا أَمْرَ‌هُم بَيْنَهُمْ (then, they disputed among themselves in their matter - 20:62), وَأَسَرُّ‌وا النَّجْوَىٰ (and kept their talk secret - 20:62). Ultimately their unanimous decision was to proceed with the contest because, in their opinion, Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) and Sayyidna Harun (علیہ السلام) were both magicians who wished to drive away the Pharaoh and his men from Egypt by their magic and to eradicate their ideal way of life. This decision of theirs is mentioned in verse 63 in the following words: