Surah 26. Ash-Shuara, Ayah 49

See note [91] on 7:123 .

I.e., "he is so superior a sorcerer that he could be your teacher".

See notes [44] and [45] on {5: 33}, and note [92] on 7:124 , which explain the repeated stress on "great numbers" in the above sentence.

The sorcerers knew that they had met something very different from their tricks. Allah's power worked on them and they professed the True God. As they represented the intelligence of the community, it may be presumed that they carried the intelligence of Egypt with them and perhaps some of the commonalty, who were impressed by the dramatic scene! Hence Pharaoh's anger, but it is the beginning of his decline!