Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 116

7:116

قَالَ أَلۡقُواْۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلۡقَوۡاْ سَحَرُوٓاْ أَعۡيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسۡتَرۡهَبُوهُمۡ وَجَآءُو بِسِحۡرٍ عَظِيمٖ ١١٦

Qāla alqū falammā alqaw saharū a'yunan-nāsi wastarhabūhum wajā'ū bisihrin 'azīm

He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.394

Footnotes

394 Their staffs and ropes appeared as writhing snakes.