112 Preface يَأتوكَ بِكُلِّ ساحِرٍ عَليمٍYusuf AliAnd bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers wellversed.”1The advice of the Council to Pharaoh shows a misreading of the situation. They were in a panic about what the magic of this evidently powerful sorcerer could do against them. So they advised the Pharaoh to summon their most powerful sorcerers from all over the country, and in the meantime to hold Moses and Aaron in suspense ? neither to yield to them nor definitely to oppose them. The Prophets of God could well afford to wait. Time is always in favour of Truth. (R).