لا ضير

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ أَلْقُوا مَا أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

Mûsa (Moses) said to them: "Throw what you are going to throw!" (43)

فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ

So they threw their ropes and their sticks, and said: "By the might of Fir'aun (Pharaoh), it is we who will certainly win!" (44)

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Then Mûsa (Moses) threw his stick, and behold, it swallowed up all that they falsely showed! (45)


فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ

And the sorcerers fell down prostrate. (46)

قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists). (47)

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ

"The Lord of Mûsa (Moses) and Hârûn (Aaron)." (48)

قَالَ آمَنتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

[Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] said: "You have believed in him before I give you leave. Surely, he indeed is your chief, who has taught you magic! So verily, you shall come to know. Verily, I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you all." (49)

قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

They said: "No harm! Surely, to our Lord (Allâh) we are to return; (50)

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَن كُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Verily! We really hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, as we are the first of the believers [in Mûsa (Moses) and in the Monotheism which he has brought from Allâh]." (51)


سُوۡرَةُ الشُّعَرَاء -- Al-Shuara 43:51

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The magicians were touched by the glorious Light of Allah, they realized that nothing in this dunnya (world) is worthy enough to make them recant their faith. When Pharaoh said to them “I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you all.” They simply said لا ضير, no harm, whatever, hakuna matata, because we will return to our Lord, Allah swt. They had firm belief in their Lord, and only when one has firm belief can they see past worldly matters. No matter what was going to be done to them, it didn’t matter because they knew that they were on the truth, they had found Islam.